diff --git a/server/Scion/Server/Protocol/Vim.hs b/server/Scion/Server/Protocol/Vim.hs
index 9bc236b..f329576 100644
--- a/server/Scion/Server/Protocol/Vim.hs
+++ b/server/Scion/Server/Protocol/Vim.hs
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ import qualified System.Log.Logger as HL
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as S
 import qualified Data.Map as M
+import Data.Maybe (isJust, Maybe(..))
 import Data.List (intercalate, nub, isPrefixOf)
 import Data.Time.Clock  ( NominalDiffTime )
 
 import DynFlags ( supportedLanguages, allFlags )
-import InteractiveEval ( getNamesInScope )
+import InteractiveEval ( getNamesInScope, getRdrNamesInScope )
 import qualified Outputable as O
 import GHC
 import Exception (ghandle)
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ vimCommands =
     -- basically its the same as cmdThingAtPoint
     , cmdThingAtPointMoreInfo
     -- , cmdDumpSources
+    , cmdListCabalTargets
     ]
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -306,7 +308,15 @@ cmdThingAtPointMoreInfo = VimCommand "cmdThingAtPointMoreInfo" $ \map' -> do
 --         return ()
 --       _ -> return ()
 
+-- only used to pass a completion list over to vim
+cmdListCabalTargets  = VimCommand "cmdListCabalTargets" $ \_ -> do
+  cp <- currentCabalPackage
+  return $ toVim $
+        (if isJust (PD.library cp) then ["library"] else [] )
+      ++ map ( ("executable:" ++) . PD.exeName) (PD.executables cp)
+
 -- ========== passing data is done using serialized vim types : ======
+--
 
 data VimType = VList [VimType]
                | VDict (M.Map VimType VimType)
diff --git a/vim_runtime_path/ftplugin/haskell.vim b/vim_runtime_path/ftplugin/haskell.vim
index 9a78a5d..fa1d7ea 100644
--- a/vim_runtime_path/ftplugin/haskell.vim
+++ b/vim_runtime_path/ftplugin/haskell.vim
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ fun! s:OpenCabalProject(...)
     \)
 endf
 
+fun! s:LoadComponentCompletion(A,L,P)
+  let beforeC= a:L[:a:P-1]
+  let word = matchstr(beforeC, '\zs\S*$')
+
+  let list = haskellcomplete#EvalScion({'request' : 'cmdListCabalTargets'})
+  return filter(list, 'v:val =~ '.string('^'.word))
+endf
+
 " ===== you don't need any project for these:  =============
 command! -buffer ConnectionInfo
   \ echo haskellcomplete#EvalScion({'request' : 'cmdConnectionInfo'})
@@ -68,7 +76,8 @@ command! -buffer -nargs=* -complete=file OpenCabalProject
   \ call s:OpenCabalProject(<f-args>)
 
 " arg either "library" or "executable:name"
-command! -buffer -nargs=1 LoadComponent
+command! -buffer -nargs=1 -complete=customlist,s:LoadComponentCompletion
+  \ LoadComponent
   \ echo ScionResultToErrorList('load component finished: ','setqflist',haskellcomplete#EvalScion({'request' : 'cmdLoadComponent', 'component' : <q-args>}))
 
 " list exposed 
@@ -87,3 +96,6 @@ command! -buffer ThingAtPointExportedByHack
 
 command! -buffer ListRdrNamesInScope
   \ echo haskellcomplete#EvalScion({'request' : 'cmdListRdrNamesInScope'})
+
+command! -buffer ListCabalTargets
+  \ echo haskellcomplete#EvalScion({'request' : 'cmdListCabalTargets'})