diff --git a/src/complete.rs b/src/complete.rs
index 03ab564e9..0e1b09442 100644
--- a/src/complete.rs
+++ b/src/complete.rs
@@ -1435,6 +1435,9 @@ impl<'ctx> Completer<'ctx> {
                 if whole_opt.len() < s.len() {
                     continue;
                 }
+                if !s.starts_with("-") {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 let anchor_start = !self.flags.fuzzy_match;
                 let Some(r#match) = string_fuzzy_match_string(s, &whole_opt, anchor_start) else {
                     continue;
diff --git a/tests/checks/complete.fish b/tests/checks/complete.fish
index 931c2cc22..1270d1713 100644
--- a/tests/checks/complete.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/complete.fish
@@ -601,3 +601,5 @@ complete -C'complete_long_option --slo'
 complete complete_long_option -f -o an-old-option
 complete -C'complete_long_option -ao'
 # CHECK: -an-old-option
+# But only if the user typed a dash
+complete -C'complete_long_option lo'