diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 0f177fb69a..613226ab89 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_blockcopy[] = {
     {.name = "dest",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .unwanted_positional = true,
+     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalCreate,
      .help = N_("path of the copy to create")
     },
     {.name = "bandwidth",
@@ -4651,6 +4652,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_save[] = {
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .positional = true,
      .required = true,
+     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalCreate,
      .help = N_("where to save the data")
     },
     {.name = "bypass-cache",
@@ -5911,6 +5913,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_dump[] = {
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .positional = true,
      .required = true,
+     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalCreate,
      .help = N_("where to dump the core")
     },
     VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_LIVE(N_("perform a live core dump if supported")),
@@ -6081,7 +6084,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_screenshot[] = {
     {.name = "file",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .unwanted_positional = true,
-     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalExisting,
+     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalCreate,
      .help = N_("where to store the screenshot")
     },
     {.name = "screen",
diff --git a/tools/vsh-completer.c b/tools/vsh-completer.c
index 8f0376879c..16fa692900 100644
--- a/tools/vsh-completer.c
+++ b/tools/vsh-completer.c
@@ -172,6 +172,23 @@ vshCompletePathLocalExisting(vshControl *ctl G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * vshCompletePathLocalCreate:
+ *
+ * Complete a path to local file used as output.
+ * The outout file may not exist yet.
+ *
+ * Note: For now this is a no-op.
+ */
+char **
+vshCompletePathLocalCreate(vshControl *ctl G_GNUC_UNUSED,
+                           const vshCmd *cmd G_GNUC_UNUSED,
+                           unsigned int completerflags G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * vshCompleteEmpty:
  *
diff --git a/tools/vsh-completer.h b/tools/vsh-completer.h
index b479156062..5639974c0b 100644
--- a/tools/vsh-completer.h
+++ b/tools/vsh-completer.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ vshCompletePathLocalExisting(vshControl *ctl,
                              const vshCmd *cmd,
                              unsigned int completerflags);
 
+char **
+vshCompletePathLocalCreate(vshControl *ctl,
+                           const vshCmd *cmd,
+                           unsigned int completerflags);
+
 char **
 vshCompleteEmpty(vshControl *ctl,
                  const vshCmd *cmd,