diff --git a/plugins/npm/.gitignore b/plugins/npm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bc147fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/npm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+npm_completion
diff --git a/plugins/npm/npm.plugin.zsh b/plugins/npm/npm.plugin.zsh
index 3f6fe0fb3..788e929d0 100644
--- a/plugins/npm/npm.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/npm/npm.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-eval "$(npm completion 2>/dev/null)"
+__NPM_COMPLETION_DIR="${0:A:h}"
+__NPM_COMPLETION_FILE="${__NPM_COMPLETION_DIR}/npm_completion"
+
+if [[ ! -f $__NPM_COMPLETION_FILE ]]; then
+    npm completion > $__NPM_COMPLETION_FILE || rm -f $__NPM_COMPLETION_FILE
+    compinit -i -d "${ZSH_COMPDUMP}"
+fi
+
+source $__NPM_COMPLETION_FILE
 
 # Install dependencies globally
 alias npmg="npm i -g "