diff --git a/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0 b/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0
index 667e5036f0..25391ae10c 100644
--- a/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0
+++ b/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 _GST_HELPERDIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}/../helpers"
 
-if [[ ! -d "$_GST_HELPERDIR"  ]]; then
+if [[ ! -f $_GST_HELPERDIR/gst ]]; then
 	_GST_HELPERDIR="$(pkg-config --variable=bashhelpersdir gstreamer-1.0)"
 else
 	_GST_HELPERDIR=`cd "$_GST_HELPERDIR"; pwd`
diff --git a/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0 b/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0
index 80ad34c90f..b678c86185 100644
--- a/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0
+++ b/data/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 _GST_HELPERDIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}/../helpers"
 
-if [[ ! -d "$_GST_HELPERDIR" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -f $_GST_HELPERDIR/gst ]]; then
 	_GST_HELPERDIR="$(pkg-config --variable=bashhelpersdir gstreamer-1.0)"
 else
 	_GST_HELPERDIR=`cd "$_GST_HELPERDIR"; pwd`
diff --git a/data/bash-completion/helpers/gst.in b/data/bash-completion/helpers/gst.in
index 42cfb26d98..03a50eb445 100644
--- a/data/bash-completion/helpers/gst.in
+++ b/data/bash-completion/helpers/gst.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [[ ! -x "$_GST_HELPER" ]]
 then
         helper="$(pkg-config --variable=helpersdir gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@)/gst-completion-helper"
 
-        if [ -x "$helper" ]
+        if [ -x "$helper" ]
         then
           _GST_HELPER=$helper
         fi