diff --git a/completion/available/system.completion.bash b/completion/available/system.completion.bash
index f9a3b29f..16b8fbe4 100644
--- a/completion/available/system.completion.bash
+++ b/completion/available/system.completion.bash
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if [ $(uname) = "Darwin" ] && command -v brew &>/dev/null ; then
 
  # homebrew/versions/bash-completion2 (required for projects.completion.bash) is installed to this path
   if [ "${BASH_VERSINFO}" -ge 4 ] && [ -f "$BREW_PREFIX"/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    export BASH_COMPLETION_COMPAT_DIR="/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d"
     . "$BREW_PREFIX"/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
   fi
 fi