diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
index 7a7dde13583..d70a6dc7d99 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 def setup_parser(subparser):
     arguments.add_common_arguments(subparser, ["no_checksum", "deprecated", "specs"])
+    arguments.add_concretizer_args(subparser)
 
 
 def patch(parser, args):
diff --git a/share/spack/spack-completion.bash b/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
index 8abf64a01ec..b66f4cb1aaf 100755
--- a/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
+++ b/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ _spack_module_tcl_setdefault() {
 _spack_patch() {
     if $list_options
     then
-        SPACK_COMPREPLY="-h --help -n --no-checksum --deprecated"
+        SPACK_COMPREPLY="-h --help -n --no-checksum --deprecated -U --fresh --reuse"
     else
         _all_packages
     fi