diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index c8e3d46..4df9399 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -163,3 +163,8 @@
 
  if [ -e ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh ]; then . ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh; fi # added by Nix installer...and kept by me
  eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"
+
+ # This way the completion script does not have to parse Bazel's options
+ # repeatedly. The 'cache-path' directory in must be created manually.
+zstyle ':completion:*' use-cache on
+zstyle ':completion:*' cache-path $ZSH/cache