diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 377d6c5494..23e4c90890 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2986,9 +2986,37 @@ _git_show_branch ()
 	__git_complete_revlist
 }
 
+__gitcomp_directories ()
+{
+	local _tmp_dir _tmp_completions _found=0
+
+	# Get the directory of the current token; this differs from dirname
+	# in that it keeps up to the final trailing slash.  If no slash found
+	# that's fine too.
+	[[ "$cur" =~ .*/ ]]
+	_tmp_dir=$BASH_REMATCH
+
+	# Find possible directory completions, adding trailing '/' characters,
+	# de-quoting, and handling unusual characters.
+	while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' c ; do
+		# If there are directory completions, find ones that start
+		# with "$cur", the current token, and put those in COMPREPLY
+		if [[ $c == "$cur"* ]]; then
+			COMPREPLY+=("$c/")
+			_found=1
+		fi
+	done < <(git ls-tree -z -d --name-only HEAD $_tmp_dir)
+
+	if [[ $_found == 0 ]] && [[ "$cur" =~ /$ ]]; then
+		# No possible further completions any deeper, so assume we're at
+		# a leaf directory and just consider it complete
+		__gitcomp_direct_append "$cur "
+	fi
+}
+
 _git_sparse_checkout ()
 {
-	local subcommands="list init set disable"
+	local subcommands="list init set disable add reapply"
 	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$subcommands")"
 	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
 		__gitcomp "$subcommands"
@@ -2996,14 +3024,14 @@ _git_sparse_checkout ()
 	fi
 
 	case "$subcommand,$cur" in
-	init,--*)
-		__gitcomp "--cone"
-		;;
-	set,--*)
-		__gitcomp "--stdin"
-		;;
-	*)
+	*,--*)
+		__gitcomp_builtin sparse-checkout_$subcommand "" "--"
 		;;
+	set,*|add,*)
+		if [ "$(__git config core.sparseCheckoutCone)" == "true" ] ||
+		[ -n "$(__git_find_on_cmdline --cone)" ]; then
+			__gitcomp_directories
+		fi
 	esac
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 98c6280632..96dbda97cf 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -1444,6 +1444,144 @@ test_expect_success 'git checkout - with --detach, complete only references' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup sparse-checkout tests' '
+	# set up sparse-checkout repo
+	git init sparse-checkout &&
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		mkdir -p folder1/0/1 folder2/0 folder3 &&
+		touch folder1/0/1/t.txt &&
+		touch folder2/0/t.txt &&
+		touch folder3/t.txt &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -am "Initial commit"
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'sparse-checkout completes subcommands' '
+	test_completion "git sparse-checkout " <<-\EOF
+	list Z
+	init Z
+	set Z
+	add Z
+	reapply Z
+	disable Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cone mode sparse-checkout completes directory names' '
+	# initialize sparse-checkout definitions
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout set --cone folder1/0 folder3 &&
+
+	# test tab completion
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout set f" <<-\EOF
+		folder1/
+		folder2/
+		folder3/
+		EOF
+	) &&
+
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout set folder1/" <<-\EOF
+		folder1/0/
+		EOF
+	) &&
+
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout set folder1/0/" <<-\EOF
+		folder1/0/1/
+		EOF
+	) &&
+
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout/folder1 &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout add 0" <<-\EOF
+		0/
+		EOF
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cone mode sparse-checkout completes directory names with spaces and accents' '
+	# reset sparse-checkout
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout disable &&
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		mkdir "directory with spaces" &&
+		mkdir "directory-with-áccent" &&
+		>"directory with spaces/randomfile" &&
+		>"directory-with-áccent/randomfile" &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "Add directory with spaces and directory with accent" &&
+		git sparse-checkout set --cone "directory with spaces" \
+			"directory-with-áccent" &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout add dir" <<-\EOF &&
+		directory with spaces/
+		directory-with-áccent/
+		EOF
+		rm -rf "directory with spaces" &&
+		rm -rf "directory-with-áccent" &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "Remove directory with spaces and directory with accent"
+	)
+'
+
+# use FUNNYNAMES to avoid running on Windows, which doesn't permit backslashes or tabs in paths
+test_expect_success FUNNYNAMES 'cone mode sparse-checkout completes directory names with backslashes and tabs' '
+	# reset sparse-checkout
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout disable &&
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		mkdir "directory\with\backslashes" &&
+		mkdir "$(printf "directory\twith\ttabs")" &&
+		>"directory\with\backslashes/randomfile" &&
+		>"$(printf "directory\twith\ttabs")/randomfile" &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "Add directory with backslashes and directory with tabs" &&
+		git sparse-checkout set --cone "directory\with\backslashes" \
+			"$(printf "directory\twith\ttabs")" &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout add dir" <<-\EOF &&
+		directory\with\backslashes/
+		directory	with	tabs/
+		EOF
+		rm -rf "directory\with\backslashes" &&
+		rm -rf "$(printf "directory\twith\ttabs")" &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "Remove directory with backslashes and directory with tabs"
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'non-cone mode sparse-checkout uses bash completion' '
+	# reset sparse-checkout repo to non-cone mode
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout disable &&
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout set --no-cone &&
+
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		# expected to be empty since we have not configured
+		# custom completion for non-cone mode
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout set f" <<-\EOF
+
+		EOF
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout set --cone completes directory names' '
+	git -C sparse-checkout sparse-checkout disable &&
+
+	(
+		cd sparse-checkout &&
+		test_completion "git sparse-checkout set --cone f" <<-\EOF
+		folder1/
+		folder2/
+		folder3/
+		EOF
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git switch - with -d, complete all references' '
 	test_completion "git switch -d " <<-\EOF
 	HEAD Z