diff --git a/community/libreoffice/APKBUILD b/community/libreoffice/APKBUILD
index 7295547edc1..9a79a314cf4 100644
--- a/community/libreoffice/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/libreoffice/APKBUILD
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ subpackages="
 	$pkgname-qt6
 	$pkgname-kf5
 	$pkgname-sdk
+	$pkgname-bash-completion
 	"
 depends="
 	$pkgname-base
@@ -501,6 +502,12 @@ common() {
 		"$pkgdir"/../all/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/xsltfilter.desktop \
 		"$subpkgdir"/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/
 
+	# split bash-completion into a separate subpackage
+	mkdir -p -- "$pkgdir"/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
+	mv -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/bash-completion/completions \
+		-- "$subpkgdir"/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/*
+	rmdir -p -- "$subpkgdir"/usr/share/bash-completion/completions || :
+
 	# create system uno sitedir so "import uno" will work in python..
 	local sitedir="$(python3 -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")"
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir/$sitedir"/uno