diff --git a/internal/action/actions.go b/internal/action/actions.go
index ebd5189986..ce1d0e1099 100644
--- a/internal/action/actions.go
+++ b/internal/action/actions.go
@@ -903,6 +903,20 @@ func (h *BufPane) OutdentSelection() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func canAutocomplete(c *buffer.Cursor) bool {
+	if c.X == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	r := c.RuneUnder(c.X)
+	prev := c.RuneUnder(c.X - 1)
+	if !util.IsAutocomplete(prev) || util.IsWordChar(r) {
+		// don't autocomplete if cursor is within a word
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // Autocomplete cycles the suggestions and performs autocompletion if there are suggestions
 func (h *BufPane) Autocomplete() bool {
 	b := h.Buf
@@ -916,7 +930,7 @@ func (h *BufPane) Autocomplete() bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	return b.Autocomplete(buffer.BufferComplete)
+	return b.AutocompleteCB(buffer.BufferComplete, canAutocomplete)
 }
 
 // CycleAutocompleteBack cycles back in the autocomplete suggestion list
@@ -926,7 +940,7 @@ func (h *BufPane) CycleAutocompleteBack() bool {
 	}
 
 	if h.Buf.HasSuggestions {
-		h.Buf.CycleAutocomplete(false)
+		h.Buf.CycleAutocompleteCB(false, canAutocomplete)
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go b/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
index d08325577e..be4b4e5890 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
@@ -25,20 +25,29 @@ func (b *Buffer) GetSuggestions() {
 
 // Autocomplete starts the autocomplete process
 func (b *Buffer) Autocomplete(c Completer) bool {
-	if !b.GetActiveCursor().CanAutocomplete() {
+	return b.AutocompleteCB(c, nil)
+}
+
+func (b *Buffer) AutocompleteCB(c Completer, checkCB func(*Cursor) bool) bool {
+	if checkCB != nil && !checkCB(b.GetActiveCursor()) {
 		return false
 	}
 	b.Completions, b.Suggestions = c(b)
+
 	if len(b.Completions) != len(b.Suggestions) || len(b.Completions) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
 	b.CurSuggestion = -1
-	b.CycleAutocomplete(true)
+	b.CycleAutocompleteCB(true, checkCB)
 	return true
 }
 
 // CycleAutocomplete moves to the next suggestion
 func (b *Buffer) CycleAutocomplete(forward bool) {
+	b.CycleAutocompleteCB(forward, nil)
+}
+
+func (b *Buffer) CycleAutocompleteCB(forward bool, checkCB func(*Cursor) bool) {
 	prevSuggestion := b.CurSuggestion
 
 	if forward {
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) CycleAutocomplete(forward bool) {
 	activeWord := make([]byte, len(tmpWord))
 	copy(activeWord, tmpWord)
 	for _, c := range b.cursors {
-		if !c.CanAutocomplete() {
+		if checkCB != nil && !checkCB(c) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -85,20 +94,6 @@ func (c *Cursor) autocomplete(prevSuggestion int) {
 	b.Replace(start, end, b.Completions[b.CurSuggestion])
 }
 
-func (c *Cursor) CanAutocomplete() bool {
-	if c.X == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	r := c.RuneUnder(c.X)
-	prev := c.RuneUnder(c.X - 1)
-	if !util.IsAutocomplete(prev) || util.IsWordChar(r) {
-		// don't autocomplete if cursor is within a word
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // GetWord gets the most recent word separated by any separator
 // (whitespace, punctuation, any non alphanumeric character)
 func (c *Cursor) GetWord() ([]byte, int) {