diff --git a/cli/command/system/completion.go b/cli/command/system/completion.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37856790122c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/system/completion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package system
+
+import (
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/completion"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var eventFilters = []string{"container", "daemon", "event", "image", "label", "network", "node", "scope", "type", "volume"}
+var eventNames = []string{
+	"attach",
+	"commit",
+	"connect",
+	"copy",
+	"create",
+	"delete",
+	"destroy",
+	"detach",
+	"die",
+	"disable",
+	"disconnect",
+	"enable",
+	"exec_create",
+	"exec_detach",
+	"exec_die",
+	"exec_start",
+	"export",
+	"health_status",
+	"import",
+	"install",
+	"kill",
+	"load",
+	"mount",
+	"oom",
+	"pause",
+	"pull",
+	"push",
+	"reload",
+	"remove",
+	"rename",
+	"resize",
+	"restart",
+	"save",
+	"start",
+	"stop",
+	"tag",
+	"top",
+	"unmount",
+	"unpause",
+	"untag",
+	"update",
+}
+var eventTypes = []string{"config", "container", "daemon", "image", "network", "node", "plugin", "secret", "service", "volume"}
+
+func completeFilters(dockerCLI completion.APIClientProvider) completion.ValidArgsFn {
+	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(toComplete, "container=") {
+			// the pure container name list should be pulled out from ContainerNames.
+			names, _ := completion.ContainerNames(dockerCLI, true)(cmd, args, toComplete)
+			return prefixWith("container=", names), cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(toComplete, "event=") {
+			return prefixWith("event=", eventNames), cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(toComplete, "label=") {
+			return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(toComplete, "network=") {
+			// the pure network name list should be pulled out from NetworkNames.
+			names, _ := completion.NetworkNames(dockerCLI)(cmd, args, toComplete)
+			return prefixWith("network=", names), cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(toComplete, "type=") {
+			return prefixWith("type=", eventTypes), cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		}
+		return postfixWith("=", eventFilters), cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace
+	}
+}
+
+func prefixWith(prefix string, values []string) []string {
+	var result = make([]string, len(values))
+	for i, v := range values {
+		result[i] = prefix + v
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func postfixWith(postfix string, values []string) []string {
+	var result = make([]string, len(values))
+	for i, v := range values {
+		result[i] = v + postfix
+	}
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/system/events.go b/cli/command/system/events.go
index a54d30ffed38..e31256e215d7 100644
--- a/cli/command/system/events.go
+++ b/cli/command/system/events.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func NewEventsCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 	flags.VarP(&options.filter, "filter", "f", "Filter output based on conditions provided")
 	flags.StringVar(&options.format, "format", "", flagsHelper.InspectFormatHelp) // using the same flag description as "inspect" commands for now.
 
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("filter", completeFilters(dockerCli))
+
 	return cmd
 }