diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 809cc8f..15ab3a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 target/
 bin/
+completions/
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 327ba0d..ad449c4 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ fn generate_completions(
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-      std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&completion_file, &symlink_path)?;
+      let canonical_target = fs::canonicalize(&completion_file)?;
+      std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&canonical_target, &symlink_path)?;
       println!("completion symlink created: {}", symlink_path.display());
     }