diff --git a/modules/completion/compdefs.zsh b/modules/completion/compdefs.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..465f8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/completion/compdefs.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Alias compdefs
+#
+
+# Any aliased commands will not function with completion without compdefs.
+# Because completion is the LAST module to be loaded (so we make sure to catch all completions)
+# we must assign the compdefs here, as opposed to within the modules themselves.
+
+# Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a worthwhile way to ensure that these will be included in .zcompdump
+
+# zpacman_frontend -> pacman
+if (( ${+zpacman_frontend} )); then
+  compdef ${zpacman_frontend}='pacman'
+fi
diff --git a/modules/completion/init.zsh b/modules/completion/init.zsh
index fc5e420..5197a18 100644
--- a/modules/completion/init.zsh
+++ b/modules/completion/init.zsh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ fpath=(${0:h}/external/src ${fpath})
 
 # load and initialize the completion system
 autoload -Uz compinit && compinit -C -d ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zcompdump
+
+# set any compdefs
+source ${0:h}/compdefs.zsh
+
 {
   # zcomple the .zcompdump in the background
   local zcompdump=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zcompdump
diff --git a/modules/pacman/alias.zsh b/modules/pacman/alias.zsh
index 957d695..0c67b35 100644
--- a/modules/pacman/alias.zsh
+++ b/modules/pacman/alias.zsh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # General
 #
 
-alias pacman=${zpacman_frontend}
 alias pac=${zpacman_frontend}
 
 #