diff --git a/.github/.typos.toml b/.github/.typos.toml
index 66420ee68a27..6d7b96d42293 100644
--- a/.github/.typos.toml
+++ b/.github/.typos.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Plasticos = "Plasticos"
 IIF = "IIF"
 numer = "numer"
 ratatui = "ratatui"
+doas = "doas"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/command_completions.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/command_completions.rs
index c99c00985e5a..371627a9ef32 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/command_completions.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/command_completions.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pub fn is_passthrough_command(working_set_file_contents: &[(Vec<u8>, usize, usiz
         let cur_pos = find_non_whitespace_index(contents, last_pipe_pos);
 
         let result = match contents.get(cur_pos..) {
-            Some(contents) => contents.starts_with(b"sudo "),
+            Some(contents) => contents.starts_with(b"sudo ") || contents.starts_with(b"doas "),
             None => false,
         };
         if result {
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completer.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completer.rs
index 66afe3999a4f..cbd89b3bcf8b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completer.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ impl NuCompleter {
                         for (flat_idx, flat) in flattened.iter().enumerate() {
                             let is_passthrough_command = spans
                                 .first()
-                                .filter(|content| content.as_str() == "sudo")
+                                .filter(|content| {
+                                    content.as_str() == "sudo" || content.as_str() == "doas"
+                                })
                                 .is_some();
                             // Read the current spam to string
                             let current_span = working_set.get_span_contents(flat.0).to_vec();