diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 84ce84d65c..340d8defce 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1069,18 +1069,32 @@ __git_aliased_command ()
 	done
 }
 
-# __git_find_on_cmdline requires 1 argument
 # Check whether one of the given words is present on the command line,
 # and print the first word found.
+#
+# Usage: __git_find_on_cmdline [<option>]... "<wordlist>"
+# --show-idx: Optionally show the index of the found word in the $words array.
 __git_find_on_cmdline ()
 {
-	local word c=1
+	local word c=1 show_idx
+
+	while test $# -gt 1; do
+		case "$1" in
+		--show-idx)	show_idx=y ;;
+		*)		return 1 ;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
 	local wordlist="$1"
 
 	while [ $c -lt $cword ]; do
 		for word in $wordlist; do
 			if [ "$word" = "${words[c]}" ]; then
-				echo "$word"
+				if [ -n "$show_idx" ]; then
+					echo "$c $word"
+				else
+					echo "$word"
+				fi
 				return
 			fi
 		done
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index a1762f9d58..d988e516d7 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -1392,6 +1392,35 @@ test_expect_success '__git_find_on_cmdline - no match' '
 	test_must_be_empty actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '__git_find_on_cmdline - single match with index' '
+	echo "3 list" >expect &&
+	(
+		words=(git command --opt list) &&
+		cword=${#words[@]} &&
+		__git_find_on_cmdline --show-idx "add list remove" >actual
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__git_find_on_cmdline - multiple matches with index' '
+	echo "4 remove" >expect &&
+	(
+		words=(git command -o --opt remove list add) &&
+		cword=${#words[@]} &&
+		__git_find_on_cmdline --show-idx "add list remove" >actual
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__git_find_on_cmdline - no match with index' '
+	(
+		words=(git command --opt branch) &&
+		cword=${#words[@]} &&
+		__git_find_on_cmdline --show-idx "add list remove" >actual
+	) &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success '__git_get_config_variables' '
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	name-1