diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 9f06eb983f..34ce40ef21 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ virsh_SOURCES = \
 		virsh-completer-nodedev.c virsh-completer-nodedev.h \
 		virsh-completer-nwfilter.c virsh-completer-nwfilter.h \
 		virsh-completer-pool.c virsh-completer-pool.h \
+		virsh-completer-secret.c virsh-completer-secret.h \
 		virsh-completer-volume.c virsh-completer-volume.h \
 		virsh-console.c virsh-console.h \
 		virsh-domain.c virsh-domain.h \
diff --git a/tools/virsh-completer-secret.c b/tools/virsh-completer-secret.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6924b6b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virsh-completer-secret.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * virsh-completer-secret.c: virsh completer callbacks related to secret
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "virsh-completer-secret.h"
+#include "viralloc.h"
+#include "virsh-secret.h"
+#include "virsh.h"
+#include "virstring.h"
+
+char **
+virshSecretUUIDCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
+                         const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                         unsigned int flags)
+{
+    virshControlPtr priv = ctl->privData;
+    virSecretPtr *secrets = NULL;
+    int nsecrets = 0;
+    size_t i = 0;
+    char **ret = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOSTRINGLIST tmp = NULL;
+
+    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
+
+    if (!priv->conn || virConnectIsAlive(priv->conn) <= 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if ((nsecrets = virConnectListAllSecrets(priv->conn, &secrets, flags)) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(tmp, nsecrets + 1) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nsecrets; i++) {
+        char uuid[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
+
+        if (virSecretGetUUIDString(secrets[i], uuid) < 0 ||
+            VIR_STRDUP(tmp[i], uuid) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, tmp);
+
+ cleanup:
+    for (i = 0; i < nsecrets; i++)
+        virSecretFree(secrets[i]);
+    VIR_FREE(secrets);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+char **
+virshSecretEventNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              unsigned int flags)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    char **ret = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOSTRINGLIST tmp = NULL;
+
+    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
+
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(tmp, VIR_SECRET_EVENT_ID_LAST + 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < VIR_SECRET_EVENT_ID_LAST; i++) {
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(tmp[i], virshSecretEventCallbacks[i].name) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, tmp);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/virsh-completer-secret.h b/tools/virsh-completer-secret.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ed6ba5198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virsh-completer-secret.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * virsh-completer-secret.h: virsh completer callbacks related to secret
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "vsh.h"
+
+char ** virshSecretUUIDCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
+                                 const vshCmd *cmd,
+                                 unsigned int flags);
+
+char ** virshSecretEventNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
+                                      const vshCmd *cmd,
+                                      unsigned int flags);
diff --git a/tools/virsh-completer.c b/tools/virsh-completer.c
index c985b86fa9..3489f8741a 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-completer.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-completer.c
@@ -143,47 +143,6 @@ virshCommaStringListComplete(const char *input,
 }
 
 
-char **
-virshSecretUUIDCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
-                         const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                         unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virshControlPtr priv = ctl->privData;
-    virSecretPtr *secrets = NULL;
-    int nsecrets = 0;
-    size_t i = 0;
-    char **ret = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOSTRINGLIST tmp = NULL;
-
-    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
-
-    if (!priv->conn || virConnectIsAlive(priv->conn) <= 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    if ((nsecrets = virConnectListAllSecrets(priv->conn, &secrets, flags)) < 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(tmp, nsecrets + 1) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < nsecrets; i++) {
-        char uuid[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
-
-        if (virSecretGetUUIDString(secrets[i], uuid) < 0 ||
-            VIR_STRDUP(tmp[i], uuid) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, tmp);
-
- cleanup:
-    for (i = 0; i < nsecrets; i++)
-        virSecretFree(secrets[i]);
-    VIR_FREE(secrets);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 char **
 virshCheckpointNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
                              const vshCmd *cmd,
@@ -359,30 +318,6 @@ virshAllocpagesPagesizeCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
 }
 
 
-char **
-virshSecretEventNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                              const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                              unsigned int flags)
-{
-    size_t i;
-    char **ret = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOSTRINGLIST tmp = NULL;
-
-    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
-
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(tmp, VIR_SECRET_EVENT_ID_LAST + 1) < 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < VIR_SECRET_EVENT_ID_LAST; i++) {
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(tmp[i], virshSecretEventCallbacks[i].name) < 0)
-            return NULL;
-    }
-
-    VIR_STEAL_PTR(ret, tmp);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 char **
 virshCellnoCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
                      const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
diff --git a/tools/virsh-completer.h b/tools/virsh-completer.h
index 5cc5794f58..e27d58e536 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-completer.h
+++ b/tools/virsh-completer.h
@@ -28,15 +28,12 @@
 #include "virsh-completer-nodedev.h"
 #include "virsh-completer-nwfilter.h"
 #include "virsh-completer-pool.h"
+#include "virsh-completer-secret.h"
 #include "virsh-completer-volume.h"
 
 char ** virshCommaStringListComplete(const char *input,
                                      const char **options);
 
-char ** virshSecretUUIDCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
-                                 const vshCmd *cmd,
-                                 unsigned int flags);
-
 char ** virshCheckpointNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
                                      const vshCmd *cmd,
                                      unsigned int flags);
@@ -49,10 +46,6 @@ char ** virshAllocpagesPagesizeCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
                                          const vshCmd *cmd,
                                          unsigned int flags);
 
-char ** virshSecretEventNameCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
-                                      const vshCmd *cmd,
-                                      unsigned int flags);
-
 char ** virshCellnoCompleter(vshControl *ctl,
                              const vshCmd *cmd,
                              unsigned int flags);