diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completion_options.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completion_options.rs
index a414aafedf..8a6ccf0a63 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completion_options.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completion_options.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ pub enum MatchAlgorithm {
     /// Example:
     /// "git checkout" is matched by "gco"
     Fuzzy,
+
+    /// Only show suggestions which contain the substring starting at any place
+    /// 
+    /// Example:
+    /// "git checkout" is matched by "check"
+    Substring
 }
 
 impl MatchAlgorithm {
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ impl MatchAlgorithm {
                 let matcher = SkimMatcherV2::default();
                 matcher.fuzzy_match(haystack, needle).is_some()
             }
+            MatchAlgorithm::Substring => haystack.contains(needle),
         }
     }
 
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ impl MatchAlgorithm {
                 let matcher = SkimMatcherV2::default();
                 matcher.fuzzy_match(&haystack_str, &needle_str).is_some()
             }
+            MatchAlgorithm::Substring => haystack.windows(needle.len()).any(|window| window == needle),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ impl From<CompletionAlgorithm> for MatchAlgorithm {
         match value {
             CompletionAlgorithm::Prefix => MatchAlgorithm::Prefix,
             CompletionAlgorithm::Fuzzy => MatchAlgorithm::Fuzzy,
+            CompletionAlgorithm::Substring => MatchAlgorithm::Substring,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -71,6 +80,7 @@ impl TryFrom<String> for MatchAlgorithm {
         match value.as_str() {
             "prefix" => Ok(Self::Prefix),
             "fuzzy" => Ok(Self::Fuzzy),
+            "substring" => Ok(Self::Substring),
             _ => Err(InvalidMatchAlgorithm::Unknown),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
index 0d2c674ef9..db38e9f6d8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fn filter(
                     }
                 }
             },
-            MatchAlgorithm::Fuzzy => options
+            MatchAlgorithm::Fuzzy | MatchAlgorithm::Substring => options
                 .match_algorithm
                 .matches_u8(it.suggestion.value.as_bytes(), prefix),
         })
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
index 67bde52e27..db865f2ff8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum CompletionAlgorithm {
     #[default]
     Prefix,
     Fuzzy,
+    Substring,
 }
 
 impl FromStr for CompletionAlgorithm {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ impl FromStr for CompletionAlgorithm {
         match s.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
             "prefix" => Ok(Self::Prefix),
             "fuzzy" => Ok(Self::Fuzzy),
+            "substring" => Ok(Self::Substring),
             _ => Err("expected either 'prefix' or 'fuzzy'"),
         }
     }
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ impl ReconstructVal for CompletionAlgorithm {
         let str = match self {
             CompletionAlgorithm::Prefix => "prefix",
             CompletionAlgorithm::Fuzzy => "fuzzy",
+            CompletionAlgorithm::Substring => "substring",
         };
         Value::string(str, span)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index 0c78cf9ca1..e328447d1a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $env.config = {
         case_sensitive: false # set to true to enable case-sensitive completions
         quick: true    # set this to false to prevent auto-selecting completions when only one remains
         partial: true    # set this to false to prevent partial filling of the prompt
-        algorithm: "prefix"    # prefix or fuzzy
+        algorithm: "prefix"    # prefix or fuzzy or substring
         external: {
             enable: true # set to false to prevent nushell looking into $env.PATH to find more suggestions, `false` recommended for WSL users as this look up may be very slow
             max_results: 100 # setting it lower can improve completion performance at the cost of omitting some options