diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py b/Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py
index f21ef69cad6439..f67e9a108a01b5 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 except ImportError:
     SQLITE_KEYWORDS = ()
 
+SQLITE_KEYWORDS += ('.quit', '.help', '.version')
+
 _completion_matches = []
 
 
@@ -12,8 +14,11 @@ def _complete(text, state):
     global _completion_matches
 
     if state == 0:
-        text_upper = text.upper()
-        _completion_matches = [c for c in SQLITE_KEYWORDS if c.startswith(text_upper)]
+        if text.startswith('.'):
+            _completion_matches = [c for c in SQLITE_KEYWORDS if c.startswith(text)]
+        else:
+            text_upper = text.upper()
+            _completion_matches = [c for c in SQLITE_KEYWORDS if c.startswith(text_upper)]
     try:
         return _completion_matches[state] + " "
     except IndexError:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
index d993e28c4bb3a6..4a4780196b4c8e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ def test_complete_sql_keywords(self):
         self.assertIn(b"SELECT", output)
         self.assertIn(b"(1,)", output)
 
+        # .commands are completed without changing case
+        input_ = b".ver\t\n.quit\n"
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        self.assertIn(b".version", output)
+
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"),
                     "Two actual tabs are inserted when there are no matching"
                     " completions in the pseudo-terminal opened by run_pty()"
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ def test_complete_no_input(self):
             self.assertEqual(len(indices), 2)
             start, end = indices
             candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
-            self.assertEqual(candidates, sorted(SQLITE_KEYWORDS))
+            self.assertEqual(candidates, sorted(SQLITE_KEYWORDS + ('.help', '.quit', '.version')))
         except:
             if verbose:
                 print(' PTY output: '.center(30, '-'))