diff --git a/share/completions/hg.fish b/share/completions/hg.fish
index 95af4536a..f55098f15 100644
--- a/share/completions/hg.fish
+++ b/share/completions/hg.fish
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ function __hg_patch_queues
 end
 
 function __hg_status
+    set -l token (commandline -ct)
     __hg status -n $argv "glob:$token**"
 end