diff --git a/src/complete.rs b/src/complete.rs
index 057a52387..84a770f86 100644
--- a/src/complete.rs
+++ b/src/complete.rs
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ impl<'ctx> Completer<'ctx> {
                     &current_token[pos + 1..],
                     /*do_file=*/ true,
                     /*handle_as_special_cd=*/ false,
+                    cur_tok.is_unterminated_brace,
                 );
                 return;
             }
@@ -837,7 +838,13 @@ impl<'ctx> Completer<'ctx> {
         }
 
         // This function wants the unescaped string.
-        self.complete_param_expand(L!(""), current_argument, do_file, handle_as_special_cd);
+        self.complete_param_expand(
+            L!(""),
+            current_argument,
+            do_file,
+            handle_as_special_cd,
+            cur_tok.is_unterminated_brace,
+        );
 
         // Lastly mark any completions that appear to already be present in arguments.
         self.mark_completions_duplicating_arguments(&cmdline, current_token, tokens);
@@ -1511,6 +1518,7 @@ impl<'ctx> Completer<'ctx> {
         s: &wstr,
         do_file: bool,
         handle_as_special_cd: bool,
+        is_unterminated_brace: bool,
     ) {
         if self.ctx.check_cancel() {
             return;
@@ -1522,6 +1530,9 @@ impl<'ctx> Completer<'ctx> {
         if !do_file {
             flags |= ExpandFlags::SKIP_WILDCARDS;
         }
+        if is_unterminated_brace {
+            flags |= ExpandFlags::NO_SPACE_FOR_UNCLOSED_BRACE;
+        }
 
         if handle_as_special_cd && do_file {
             if self.flags.autosuggestion {
diff --git a/src/expand.rs b/src/expand.rs
index d8f694ff1..99b418b97 100644
--- a/src/expand.rs
+++ b/src/expand.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ bitflags! {
         /// Do expansions specifically to support external command completions. This means using PATH as
         /// a list of potential working directories.
         const SPECIAL_FOR_COMMAND = 1 << 13;
+        /// The token has an unclosed brace, so don't add a space.
+        const NO_SPACE_FOR_UNCLOSED_BRACE = 1 << 14;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/complete.rs b/src/tests/complete.rs
index 1835390bc..891e41c08 100644
--- a/src/tests/complete.rs
+++ b/src/tests/complete.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ fn test_complete() {
         };
     }
 
+    unique_completion_applies_as!(
+        "touch test/complete_test/{testfi",
+        r"le",
+        "touch test/complete_test/{testfile",
+    );
+
     // Brackets - see #5831
     unique_completion_applies_as!(
         "touch test/complete_test/bracket[",
diff --git a/src/tokenizer.rs b/src/tokenizer.rs
index ec3a52ba9..722f52654 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ pub struct Tok {
     // If an error, this is the error code.
     pub error: TokenizerError,
 
+    pub is_unterminated_brace: bool,
+
     // The type of the token.
     pub type_: TokenType,
 }
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ impl Tok {
             error_offset_within_token: SOURCE_OFFSET_INVALID.try_into().unwrap(),
             error_length: 0,
             error: TokenizerError::none,
+            is_unterminated_brace: false,
             type_: r#type,
         }
     }
@@ -550,6 +553,7 @@ impl<'c> Tokenizer<'c> {
             error_offset_within_token: (error_loc - token_start) as u32,
             error_length: error_len as u32,
             error: error_type,
+            is_unterminated_brace: false,
             type_: TokenType::error,
         }
     }
@@ -785,6 +789,7 @@ impl<'c> Tokenizer<'c> {
         let mut result = Tok::new(TokenType::string);
         result.set_offset(buff_start);
         result.set_length(self.token_cursor - buff_start);
+        result.is_unterminated_brace = mode & TOK_MODE_CURLY_BRACES;
         result
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/wildcard.rs b/src/wildcard.rs
index aa4f30c86..eeb840cf8 100644
--- a/src/wildcard.rs
+++ b/src/wildcard.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ fn wildcard_test_flags_then_complete(
 ) -> bool {
     let executables_only = expand_flags.contains(ExpandFlags::EXECUTABLES_ONLY);
     let need_directory = expand_flags.contains(ExpandFlags::DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
+    let mut flags = CompleteFlags::default();
+    if expand_flags.contains(ExpandFlags::NO_SPACE_FOR_UNCLOSED_BRACE) {
+        flags |= CompleteFlags::NO_SPACE;
+    }
     // Fast path: If we need directories, and we already know it is one,
     // and we don't need to do anything else, just return it.
     // This is a common case for cd completions, and removes the `stat` entirely in case the system
@@ -357,15 +361,7 @@ fn wildcard_test_flags_then_complete(
         ) == WildcardResult::Match;
     }
     // Check if it will match before stat().
-    if wildcard_complete(
-        filename,
-        wc,
-        None,
-        None,
-        expand_flags,
-        CompleteFlags::default(),
-    ) != WildcardResult::Match
-    {
+    if wildcard_complete(filename, wc, None, None, expand_flags, flags) != WildcardResult::Match {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -432,14 +428,8 @@ fn wildcard_test_flags_then_complete(
         ) == WildcardResult::Match;
     }
 
-    wildcard_complete(
-        filename,
-        wc,
-        desc_func,
-        Some(out),
-        expand_flags,
-        CompleteFlags::empty(),
-    ) == WildcardResult::Match
+    wildcard_complete(filename, wc, desc_func, Some(out), expand_flags, flags)
+        == WildcardResult::Match
 }
 
 use expander::WildCardExpander;