diff --git a/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart b/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
index b0e0943..9403d7a 100644
--- a/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
+++ b/lib/src/installer/completion_installation.dart
@@ -274,8 +274,24 @@ class CompletionInstallation {
     );
   }
 
-  String get _shellRCFilePath =>
-      _resolveHome(configuration!.shellRCFile, environment);
+  final _missingFiles = <String>[];
+  String? __shellRCFilePath;
+  String get _shellRCFilePath {
+    String? firstPath;
+    if (__shellRCFilePath == null) {
+      for (final fileName in configuration!.shellRCFiles) {
+        final filePath = _resolveHome(fileName, environment);
+        firstPath ??= filePath;
+        if (File(filePath).existsSync()) {
+          __shellRCFilePath = filePath;
+          return __shellRCFilePath!;
+        }
+        _missingFiles.add(filePath);
+      }
+      __shellRCFilePath = firstPath;
+    }
+    return __shellRCFilePath!;
+  }
 
   /// Write a source to the completion global script in the shell configuration
   /// file, which its location is described by the [configuration].
@@ -290,9 +306,17 @@ class CompletionInstallation {
 
     final shellRCFile = File(_shellRCFilePath);
     if (!shellRCFile.existsSync()) {
+      var message = '';
+      if (_missingFiles.length > 1) {
+        message =
+            'No configuration files where found at '
+            '\n  ${_missingFiles.join('\n  ')}';
+      } else {
+        message = 'No configuration file found at ${shellRCFile.path}';
+      }
       throw CompletionInstallationException(
         rootCommand: rootCommand,
-        message: 'No configuration file found at ${shellRCFile.path}',
+        message: message,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart b/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
index ee19dca..f4ef92b 100644
--- a/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
+++ b/lib/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
   /// {@macro shell_completion_configuration}
   const ShellCompletionConfiguration._({
     required this.shell,
-    required this.shellRCFile,
+    required this.shellRCFiles,
     required this.sourceLineTemplate,
     required this.scriptTemplate,
   });
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
   /// {@macro system_shell}
   final SystemShell shell;
 
-  /// The location of a config file that is run upon shell start.
+  /// A preferential ordered list of locations of a config file that is run upon
+  /// shell start. The list is to allow multiple options eg both .bash_profile
+  /// and .bashrc. The first option will  be tried first and and if the file
+  /// doesn't exist the next one will be tried.
   /// Eg: .bash_profile or .zshrc
-  final String shellRCFile;
+  final List<String> shellRCFiles;
 
   /// Generates a line to sources of a script file.
   final SourceStringTemplate sourceLineTemplate;
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ class ShellCompletionConfiguration {
 @visibleForTesting
 final zshConfiguration = ShellCompletionConfiguration._(
   shell: SystemShell.zsh,
-  shellRCFile: '~/.zshrc',
+  shellRCFiles: const ['~/.zshrc'],
   sourceLineTemplate: (String scriptPath) {
     return '[[ -f $scriptPath ]] && . $scriptPath || true';
   },
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ fi
 @visibleForTesting
 final bashConfiguration = ShellCompletionConfiguration._(
   shell: SystemShell.bash,
-  shellRCFile: '~/.bash_profile',
+  shellRCFiles: const ['~/.bashrc', '~/.bash_profile'],
   sourceLineTemplate: (String scriptPath) {
     return '[ -f $scriptPath ] && . $scriptPath || true';
   },
diff --git a/test/src/installer/completion_installation_test.dart b/test/src/installer/completion_installation_test.dart
index aefea0b..bcd302d 100644
--- a/test/src/installer/completion_installation_test.dart
+++ b/test/src/installer/completion_installation_test.dart
@@ -727,6 +727,92 @@ void main() {
           );
         },
       );
+
+      test(
+        'installing completion for .bashrc',
+        () {
+          final bashInstallation = CompletionInstallation(
+            logger: logger,
+            isWindows: false,
+            environment: {
+              'HOME': tempDir.path,
+            },
+            configuration: bashConfiguration,
+          );
+
+          final configDir = bashInstallation.completionConfigDir;
+
+          final bashProfile = File(path.join(tempDir.path, '.bash_profile'))
+            ..createSync();
+
+          bashInstallation.install('very_good');
+
+          // Different format needed for matching cli output
+          expect(bashProfile.readAsStringSync(), '''
+\n## [Completion]
+## Completion scripts setup. Remove the following line to uninstall
+[ -f ${configDir.path}/bash-config.bash ] && . ${configDir.path}/bash-config.bash || true
+## [/Completion]
+
+''');
+        },
+      );
+
+      test(
+        'installing completion for .bash_profile',
+        () {
+          final bashInstallation = CompletionInstallation(
+            logger: logger,
+            isWindows: false,
+            environment: {
+              'HOME': tempDir.path,
+            },
+            configuration: bashConfiguration,
+          );
+
+          final configDir = bashInstallation.completionConfigDir;
+
+          final bashRc = File(path.join(tempDir.path, '.bashrc'))..createSync();
+
+          bashInstallation.install('very_good');
+
+          // Different format needed for matching cli output
+          expect(bashRc.readAsStringSync(), '''
+\n## [Completion]
+## Completion scripts setup. Remove the following line to uninstall
+[ -f ${configDir.path}/bash-config.bash ] && . ${configDir.path}/bash-config.bash || true
+## [/Completion]
+
+''');
+        },
+      );
+
+      test(
+        'missing .bashrc and .bash_profile',
+        () {
+          final bashInstallation = CompletionInstallation(
+            logger: logger,
+            isWindows: false,
+            environment: {
+              'HOME': tempDir.path,
+            },
+            configuration: bashConfiguration,
+          );
+
+          expect(
+            () => bashInstallation.install('very_good'),
+            throwsA(
+              isA<CompletionInstallationException>().having(
+                (e) => e.message,
+                'message',
+                'No configuration files where found at '
+                    '\n  ${path.join(tempDir.path, '.bashrc')}'
+                    '\n  ${path.join(tempDir.path, '.bash_profile')}',
+              ),
+            ),
+          );
+        },
+      );
     });
 
     group('uninstall', () {
diff --git a/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart b/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
index 1e885aa..5726471 100644
--- a/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
+++ b/test/src/installer/shell_completion_configuration_test.dart
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(zshConfiguration.shell, SystemShell.zsh);
       });
 
-      test('shellRCFile', () {
-        expect(zshConfiguration.shellRCFile, '~/.zshrc');
+      test('shellRCFiles', () {
+        expect(zshConfiguration.shellRCFiles.first, '~/.zshrc');
       });
 
       test('sourceStringTemplate', () {
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ fi
         expect(bashConfiguration.shell, SystemShell.bash);
       });
 
-      test('shellRCFile', () {
-        expect(bashConfiguration.shellRCFile, '~/.bash_profile');
+      test('shellRCFiles first', () {
+        expect(bashConfiguration.shellRCFiles.first, '~/.bashrc');
+      });
+
+      test('shellRCFiles last', () {
+        expect(bashConfiguration.shellRCFiles.last, '~/.bash_profile');
       });
 
       test('sourceStringTemplate', () {