diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fb0373cb..6ffa0cfba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Cobra provides:
 * Automatic help generation for commands and flags
 * Grouping help for subcommands
 * Automatic help flag recognition of `-h`, `--help`, etc.
-* Automatically generated shell autocomplete for your application (bash, zsh, fish, powershell)
+* Automatically generated shell autocomplete for your application (bash, zsh, fish, powershell, nushell)
 * Automatically generated man pages for your application
 * Command aliases so you can change things without breaking them
 * The flexibility to define your own help, usage, etc.
diff --git a/completions.go b/completions.go
index 8fccdaf2c..f6924ba72 100644
--- a/completions.go
+++ b/completions.go
@@ -836,14 +836,44 @@ to your powershell profile.
 				return cmd.Root().GenPowerShellCompletion(out)
 			}
 			return cmd.Root().GenPowerShellCompletionWithDesc(out)
-
 		},
 	}
 	if haveNoDescFlag {
 		powershell.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc)
 	}
 
-	completionCmd.AddCommand(bash, zsh, fish, powershell)
+	nushell := &Command{
+		Use:   "nushell",
+		Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "nushell"),
+		Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for nushell.
+
+To configure the Nushell cobra external completer for the first time:
+  # 1. Copy the output of the command below:
+  > %[1]s completion nushell
+  # 2. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+  # 3. Paste above the "let-env config" line.
+  # 4. Change the config block's external_completer line to be external_completer: $cobra_completer
+  # 5. You will need to start a new shel for this setup to take effect.
+
+If you have already setup the cobra external completer for other Cobra-based applications:
+  # 1. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+  # 2. Modify the cobra_apps variable to contain this new application:
+  > let cobra_apps = [ "othercobraapp", "%[1]s" ]
+  # 3. You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
+`, c.Root().Name()),
+		Args:              NoArgs,
+		ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions,
+		RunE: func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
+			return cmd.Root().GenNushellCompletion(out, !noDesc)
+		},
+	}
+	if haveNoDescFlag {
+		nushell.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc)
+	}
+
+	completionCmd.AddCommand(bash, zsh, fish, powershell, nushell)
 }
 
 func findFlag(cmd *Command, name string) *pflag.Flag {
@@ -876,7 +906,7 @@ func CompDebug(msg string, printToStdErr bool) {
 	// variable BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE to the path of some file to be used.
 	if path := os.Getenv("BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE"); path != "" {
 		f, err := os.OpenFile(path,
-			os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+			os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644)
 		if err == nil {
 			defer f.Close()
 			WriteStringAndCheck(f, msg)
diff --git a/completions_test.go b/completions_test.go
index df153fcf2..718f55d83 100644
--- a/completions_test.go
+++ b/completions_test.go
@@ -2577,6 +2577,7 @@ func TestCompleteCompletion(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := strings.Join([]string{
 		"bash",
 		"fish",
+		"nushell",
 		"powershell",
 		"zsh",
 		":4",
diff --git a/nushell_completions.go b/nushell_completions.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb3c11563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nushell_completions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Copyright 2013-2022 The Cobra Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func (c *Command) GenNushellCompletion(w io.Writer, includeDesc bool) error {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	name := c.Name()
+	WriteStringAndCheck(buf, fmt.Sprintf(`
+# A list of cobra apps that completion will be attempted for.
+# Add new apps to this list to enable completion for them.
+let cobra_apps = ["%[1]s"]
+
+# An external completer that works with any cobra based
+# command line application (e.g. kubectl, minikube)
+let cobra_completer = {|spans|
+  let cmd = $spans.0
+
+  if not ($cobra_apps | where $cmd =~ $it | is-empty) {
+    let ShellCompDirectiveError = %[2]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace = %[3]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp = %[4]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt = %[5]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs = %[6]d
+    let last_span = ($spans | last | str trim)
+
+    def exec_complete [
+      --fuzzy,
+      spans: list
+    ] {
+      let params = {
+        last_span: ($spans | last | str trim),
+        spans: $spans
+      }
+      # If there is an equals in the last span
+      # parse the span into two
+      let params = if $last_span =~ '=' {
+        let split = ($last_span | split row '=')
+        if ($split | length) > 1 {
+          {
+            last_span: ($split | last),
+            spans: ($spans | drop | append ($split | first) | append ($split | last))
+          }
+        } else {
+          {
+            last_span: '',
+            spans: ($spans | drop | append ($split | first) | append '')
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        $params
+      }
+
+      let last_span = $params.last_span
+      let spans = $params.spans
+
+      # Drop the last param so we can fuzzy search on it
+      let spans = if $fuzzy {
+        $spans | drop
+      } else {
+        $spans
+      }
+
+      # skip the first entry in the span (the command) and join the rest of the span to create __complete args
+      let cmd_args = ($spans | skip 1 | str join ' ')
+
+      # If the last span entry was empty add "" to the end of the command args
+      let cmd_args = if ($last_span | is-empty) or $fuzzy {
+        $'($cmd_args) ""'
+      } else {
+        $cmd_args
+      }
+
+      # The full command to be executed with active help disable (Nushell does not support active help)
+      let full_cmd = $'COBRA_ACTIVE_HELP=0 ($cmd) __complete ($cmd_args)'
+
+      # Since nushell doesn't have anything like eval, execute in a subshell
+      let result = (do -i { nu -c $"'($full_cmd)'" } | complete)
+
+      # Create a record with all completion related info.
+      # directive and directive_str are for posterity
+      let stdout_lines = ($result.stdout | lines)
+      let directive = ($stdout_lines | last | str trim | str replace ":" "" | into int)
+      let completions = ($stdout_lines | drop | parse -r '([\w\-\.:\+\=\/]*)\t?(.*)' | rename value description)
+      let completions = if $fuzzy {
+        $completions | where $it.value =~ $last_span
+
+      } else {
+        ($completions | where {|it| $it.value | str starts-with $last_span })
+      }
+
+      {
+        directive: $directive,
+        completions: $completions
+      }
+    }
+
+    let result = (exec_complete $spans)
+    let result = if (not ($last_span | is-empty)) and ($result.completions | is-empty) {
+      exec_complete --fuzzy $spans
+    } else {
+      $result
+    }
+
+    let directive = $result.directive
+    let completions = $result.completions
+
+    # Add space at the end of each completion
+    let completions = if $directive != $ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace {
+      $completions | each {|it| {value: $"($it.value) ", description: $it.description}}
+    } else {
+      $completions
+    }
+
+    # Cobra returns a list of completions that are supported with this directive
+    # There is no way to currently support this in a nushell external completer
+    let completions = if $directive == $ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt {
+      []
+    } else {
+      $completions
+    }
+
+    let return_val = if $last_span =~ '=' {
+      # if the completion is of the form -n= return flag as part of the completion so that it doesn't get replaced
+      $completions | each {|it| $"($last_span | split row '=' | first)=($it.value)" }
+    } else if $directive == $ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp {
+      # Allow empty results as this will stop file completion
+      $completions
+    } else if ($completions | is-empty)  or  $directive == $ShellCompDirectiveError {
+      # Not returning null causes file completions to break
+      # Return null if there are no completions or ShellCompDirectiveError
+      null
+    } else {
+      $completions
+    }
+
+    $return_val
+  } else {
+    null
+  }
+}
+`, name, ShellCompDirectiveError, ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp,
+		ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt, ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs))
+
+	_, err := buf.WriteTo(w)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *Command) GenNushellCompletionFile(filename string, includeDesc bool) error {
+	outFile, err := os.Create(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer outFile.Close()
+
+	return c.GenNushellCompletion(outFile, includeDesc)
+}
diff --git a/nushell_completions.md b/nushell_completions.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0e94eb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nushell_completions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## Generating Nushell Completions For Your cobra.Command
+
+Please refer to [Shell Completions](shell_completions.md) for details.
+
diff --git a/nushell_completions_test.go b/nushell_completions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73fedd073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nushell_completions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright 2013-2022 The Cobra Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cobra
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGenNushellCompletion(t *testing.T) {
+	rootCmd := &Command{Use: "kubectl", Run: emptyRun}
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("server", "s", "The address and port of the Kubernetes API server")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("skip-headers", "", false, "The address and port of the Kubernetes API serverIf true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages")
+	getCmd := &Command{
+		Use:        "get",
+		Short:      "Display one or many resources",
+		ArgAliases: []string{"pods", "nodes", "services", "replicationcontrollers", "po", "no", "svc", "rc"},
+		ValidArgs:  []string{"pod", "node", "service", "replicationcontroller"},
+		Run:        emptyRun,
+	}
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(getCmd)
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	assertNoErr(t, rootCmd.GenNushellCompletion(buf, true))
+	output := buf.String()
+
+	check(t, output, fmt.Sprintf("let cobra_apps = [\"%[1]s\"]", rootCmd.Name()))
+}
+
+func TestGenNushellCompletionFile(t *testing.T) {
+	err := os.Mkdir("./tmp", 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	defer os.RemoveAll("./tmp")
+
+	rootCmd := &Command{Use: "root", Args: NoArgs, Run: emptyRun}
+	child := &Command{
+		Use:               "child",
+		ValidArgsFunction: validArgsFunc,
+		Run:               emptyRun,
+	}
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(child)
+
+	assertNoErr(t, rootCmd.GenNushellCompletionFile("./tmp/test", true))
+}
+
+func TestFailGenNushellCompletionFile(t *testing.T) {
+	err := os.Mkdir("./tmp", 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	defer os.RemoveAll("./tmp")
+
+	f, _ := os.OpenFile("./tmp/test", os.O_CREATE, 0o400)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	rootCmd := &Command{Use: "root", Args: NoArgs, Run: emptyRun}
+	child := &Command{
+		Use:               "child",
+		ValidArgsFunction: validArgsFunc,
+		Run:               emptyRun,
+	}
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(child)
+
+	got := rootCmd.GenNushellCompletionFile("./tmp/test", true)
+	if got == nil {
+		t.Error("should raise permission denied error")
+	}
+
+	if os.Getenv("MSYSTEM") == "MINGW64" {
+		if got.Error() != "open ./tmp/test: Access is denied." {
+			t.Errorf("got: %s, want: %s", got.Error(), "open ./tmp/test: Access is denied.")
+		}
+	} else {
+		if got.Error() != "open ./tmp/test: permission denied" {
+			t.Errorf("got: %s, want: %s", got.Error(), "open ./tmp/test: permission denied")
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/site/content/completions/_index.md b/site/content/completions/_index.md
index 02257ade2..2f598c7c7 100644
--- a/site/content/completions/_index.md
+++ b/site/content/completions/_index.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The currently supported shells are:
 - Zsh
 - fish
 - PowerShell
+- Nushell
 
 Cobra will automatically provide your program with a fully functional `completion` command,
 similarly to how it provides the `help` command.
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ and then modifying the generated `cmd/completion.go` file to look something like
 
 ```go
 var completionCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell]",
+	Use:   "completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell|nushell]",
 	Short: "Generate completion script",
 	Long: fmt.Sprintf(`To load completions:
 
@@ -68,9 +69,29 @@ PowerShell:
   # To load completions for every new session, run:
   PS> %[1]s completion powershell > %[1]s.ps1
   # and source this file from your PowerShell profile.
+
+Nushell:
+  
+  # To configure the Nushell cobra external completer for the first time:
+  # 1. Copy the output of the command below:
+  > %[1]s completion nushell 
+  # 2. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+  # 3. Paste above the "let-env config" line.
+  # 4. Change the config block's external_completer line to be 
+  external_completer: $cobra_completer
+  # 5. You will need to start a new shell or for this setup to take effect.
+
+  # If you have already setup the cobra external completer:
+  # 1. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+  # 2. Modify the cobra_apps varible to contain this application:
+  > let cobra_apps = [ "othercobraapp", "%[1]s" ]
+  # 3. You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
+
 `,cmd.Root().Name()),
 	DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
-	ValidArgs:             []string{"bash", "zsh", "fish", "powershell"},
+	ValidArgs:             []string{"bash", "zsh", "fish", "powershell", "nushell"},
 	Args:                  cobra.MatchAll(cobra.ExactArgs(1), cobra.OnlyValidArgs),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		switch args[0] {
@@ -82,6 +103,8 @@ PowerShell:
 			cmd.Root().GenFishCompletion(os.Stdout, true)
 		case "powershell":
 			cmd.Root().GenPowerShellCompletionWithDesc(os.Stdout)
+		case "nushell":
+			cmd.Root().GenNushellCompletion(os.Stdout, true)
 		}
 	},
 }