diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a962d9..57567d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ For breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- zsh completion: offer a command's options without typing a dash first, by opting the registered program names out of zsh's `prefix-needed` style
+
+## 0.12.83
+
 - Populate `:msg` in the `:error-fn` data for `dispatch` command errors (`:no-match`, `:input-exhausted`), like option errors already carry it
 - zsh completion: classify an option without a `:desc` as an option. It was added as a value, which offered it where zsh hides described options
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33263aa..414c67c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@babashka/cli",
-  "version": "0.12.80",
+  "version": "0.12.83",
   "description": "Turn functions into command line interfaces.",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./index.mjs"
diff --git a/src/babashka/cli.cljc b/src/babashka/cli.cljc
index 7cfd912..2768237 100644
--- a/src/babashka/cli.cljc
+++ b/src/babashka/cli.cljc
@@ -1659,6 +1659,9 @@
         fn (str "_babashka_cli_complete_" (str/replace program-name #"[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+" "_"))
         names-sp (str/join " " names)
         names-csv (str/join "," names)
+        names-zstyle (str/join "\n"
+                               (map #(str "zstyle ':completion:*:*:" % ":*:options' prefix-needed false")
+                                    names))
         names-nu (str "[" (str/join " " (map #(str "\"" % "\"") names)) "]")]
    (case shell
     :bash (str fn "()
@@ -1743,6 +1746,9 @@ complete -F " fn " " names-sp "
     [[ -n $do_files ]] && { _files; ret=0; }
     return $ret
 }
+# zsh hides options until a dash is typed. After a command there is usually
+# nothing else to complete, so opt out for these programs only
+" names-zstyle "
 # register the bare name(s); zsh's _normal completes ./name and /abs/name via the basename
 compdef " fn " " names-sp "
 ")
diff --git a/test/babashka/cli/completion_test.cljc b/test/babashka/cli/completion_test.cljc
index 4fb12d2..288f543 100644
--- a/test/babashka/cli/completion_test.cljc
+++ b/test/babashka/cli/completion_test.cljc
@@ -167,7 +167,15 @@
       (is (not (str/includes? zsh "elif [[ $v == -* ]]"))))
     (testing "an option without a description is added under the options tag"
       (is (str/includes? zsh "bareopt+=(\"$v\")"))
-      (is (str/includes? zsh "_describe -t options option bareopt")))))
+      (is (str/includes? zsh "_describe -t options option bareopt")))
+    (testing "options are offered without typing a dash first"
+      (is (str/includes? zsh "zstyle ':completion:*:*:myprogram:*:options' prefix-needed false")))))
+
+(deftest zsh-snippet-prefix-needed-per-name-test
+  (testing "every registered name opts out of prefix-needed"
+    (let [zsh (snippet-via-cmd cmd-table {:prog "x"} "zsh" "--prog" "sq" "--prog" "squint")]
+      (is (str/includes? zsh "zstyle ':completion:*:*:sq:*:options' prefix-needed false"))
+      (is (str/includes? zsh "zstyle ':completion:*:*:squint:*:options' prefix-needed false")))))
 
 (defn- complete-out
   "Run the completion handler for `cmdline` and return its emitted
diff --git a/test/resources/completion/completion.zsh b/test/resources/completion/completion.zsh
index b9f8f3c..e8c8bb2 100644
--- a/test/resources/completion/completion.zsh
+++ b/test/resources/completion/completion.zsh
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ _babashka_cli_complete_myprogram() {
     [[ -n $do_files ]] && { _files; ret=0; }
     return $ret
 }
+# zsh hides options until a dash is typed. After a command there is usually
+# nothing else to complete, so opt out for these programs only
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:myprogram:*:options' prefix-needed false
 # register the bare name(s); zsh's _normal completes ./name and /abs/name via the basename
 compdef _babashka_cli_complete_myprogram myprogram
diff --git a/version.edn b/version.edn
index 99d0a06..98886d3 100644
--- a/version.edn
+++ b/version.edn
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{:major 0, :minor 12, :release 80}
\ No newline at end of file
+{:major 0, :minor 12, :release 83}
\ No newline at end of file