diff --git a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
index 7355a9990..76b22cc56 100644
--- a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 #  -e /dev/null - only work on local files
 #  -- - everything after this is an argument, even if it looks like an option
 
-alias cpv="rsync -poghb --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress --"
+cpv() {
+    rsync -poghb --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress -- "$@"
+}
+compdef _files cpv