diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/kubevirt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/kubevirt/default.nix
index 999d5b3dfc1e..7378a6b6655a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/kubevirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/kubevirt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, installShellFiles
 , lib
 , testers
 , kubevirt
@@ -7,13 +8,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "kubevirt";
-  version = "0.52.0";
+  version = "0.53.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kubevirt";
     repo = "kubevirt";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0ldc13nypbk3r9ihbdfibpyvzyzz4m68zzb7g6cq551ks9qdiyma";
+    sha256 = "11581mp4fjqmpy3zn9mjq651ijsxmffz9vpvbn4b5gcs9xzgr1fw";
   };
 
   vendorSha256 = null;
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitVersion=v${version}"
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    installShellCompletion --cmd virtctl \
+      --bash <($out/bin/virtctl completion bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/virtctl completion fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/virtctl completion zsh)
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
     package = kubevirt;
     command = "virtctl version --client";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68ec25774319..72642cd6e22b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1153,6 +1153,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ksnip = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/ksnip { };
 
+  kubevirt = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/kubevirt { };
+
   license-generator = callPackage ../tools/misc/license-generator { };
 
   linux-router = callPackage ../tools/networking/linux-router { };
@@ -1197,8 +1199,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ventoy-bin = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/ventoy-bin { };
 
-  kubevirt = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/kubevirt { };
-
   vopono = callPackage ../tools/networking/vopono { };
 
   winbox = callPackage ../tools/admin/winbox {