diff --git a/cli/src/commands/log.rs b/cli/src/commands/log.rs
index 22a5126f0..66c52f428 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/log.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/log.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use clap_complete::ArgValueCandidates;
+use clap_complete::ArgValueCompleter;
 use jj_lib::backend::CommitId;
 use jj_lib::graph::GraphEdgeType;
 use jj_lib::graph::ReverseGraphIterator;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ pub(crate) struct LogArgs {
     #[arg(long, short, add = ArgValueCandidates::new(complete::all_revisions))]
     revisions: Vec<RevisionArg>,
     /// Show revisions modifying the given paths
-    #[arg(value_hint = clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)]
+    #[arg(add = ArgValueCompleter::new(complete::log_files))]
     paths: Vec<String>,
     /// Show revisions in the opposite order (older revisions first)
     #[arg(long)]
diff --git a/cli/src/complete.rs b/cli/src/complete.rs
index 5e07b61bd..6fea999ed 100644
--- a/cli/src/complete.rs
+++ b/cli/src/complete.rs
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ pub fn leaf_config_keys() -> Vec<CompletionCandidate> {
 /// multiple times, the parsing will pick any of the available ones, while the
 /// actual execution of the command would fail.
 mod parse {
-    fn parse_flag(candidates: &[&str], mut args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Option<String> {
+    fn parse_flag(candidates: &[&str], args: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Option<String> {
         for arg in args.by_ref() {
             if candidates.contains(&arg.as_ref()) {
                 return args.next();
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ mod parse {
         None
     }
 
-    fn parse_revision_impl(args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Option<String> {
-        parse_flag(&["-r", "--revision"], args)
+    fn parse_revision_impl(mut args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Option<String> {
+        parse_flag(&["-r", "--revision"], &mut args)
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ mod parse {
     where
         T: Iterator<Item = String>,
     {
-        let from = parse_flag(&["-f", "--from"], args())?;
-        let to = parse_flag(&["-t", "--to"], args()).unwrap_or_else(|| "@".into());
+        let from = parse_flag(&["-f", "--from"], &mut args())?;
+        let to = parse_flag(&["-t", "--to"], &mut args()).unwrap_or_else(|| "@".into());
 
         Some((from, to))
     }
@@ -472,10 +472,35 @@ mod parse {
     // the files changed only in some other revision in the range between
     // --from and --to cannot be squashed into --to like that.
     pub fn squash_revision() -> Option<String> {
-        if let Some(rev) = parse_flag(&["-r", "--revision"], std::env::args()) {
+        if let Some(rev) = parse_flag(&["-r", "--revision"], &mut std::env::args()) {
             return Some(rev);
         }
-        parse_flag(&["-f", "--from"], std::env::args())
+        parse_flag(&["-f", "--from"], &mut std::env::args())
+    }
+
+    // Special parse function only for `jj log`. It has a --revisions flag,
+    // instead of the usual --revision, and it can be supplied multiple times.
+    // The default revset for log _with specified paths_ is 'all()', so it
+    // would be most "correct" to use that as the default. However, that is
+    // terrible for performance. Instead, we just complete the files in "@".
+    // If the user still wants to have completions for every file that has
+    // ever existed in the repository, they can still provide -r=all().
+    pub fn log_revision() -> String {
+        let candidates = &["-r", "--revisions"];
+        let mut args = std::env::args();
+
+        let union = std::iter::from_fn(|| parse_flag(candidates, &mut args))
+            // multiple -r arguments are interpreted as a union
+            .fold("none()".into(), |mut buf: String, rev| {
+                buf.push_str("|(");
+                buf.push_str(&rev);
+                buf.push(')');
+                buf
+            });
+        if union == "none()" {
+            return "@".into();
+        }
+        union
     }
 }
 
@@ -641,6 +666,43 @@ pub fn interdiff_files(current: &std::ffi::OsStr) -> Vec<CompletionCandidate> {
     modified_files_from_rev((from, Some(to)), true, current)
 }
 
+/// Specific function for completing file paths for `jj log`
+pub fn log_files(current: &std::ffi::OsStr) -> Vec<CompletionCandidate> {
+    let Some(current) = current.to_str() else {
+        return Vec::new();
+    };
+    let rev = parse::log_revision();
+    with_jj(|mut jj, _| {
+        let output = jj
+            .arg("log")
+            .arg("--no-graph")
+            .arg("--template=")
+            .arg("--summary")
+            .arg("--revisions")
+            .arg(rev)
+            .output()
+            .map_err(user_error)?;
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+
+        Ok(stdout
+            .lines()
+            .filter_map(|line| {
+                let (_mode, path) = line.split_at(2);
+
+                if !path.starts_with(current) {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                if let Some(dir_path) = dir_prefix_from(path, current) {
+                    return Some(CompletionCandidate::new(dir_path));
+                }
+
+                Some(CompletionCandidate::new(path))
+            })
+            .dedup() // directories may occur multiple times
+            .collect())
+    })
+}
+
 /// Shell out to jj during dynamic completion generation
 ///
 /// In case of errors, print them and early return an empty vector.
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_completion.rs b/cli/tests/test_completion.rs
index 69417b58c..712dd5013 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_completion.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_completion.rs
@@ -723,4 +723,31 @@ fn test_files() {
     f_dir/
     f_modified
     ");
+
+    let stdout = test_env.jj_cmd_success(&repo_path, &["--", "jj", "log", "f_"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout.replace('\\', "/"), @r"
+    f_added_2
+    f_modified
+    ");
+    let stdout = test_env.jj_cmd_success(
+        &repo_path,
+        &[
+            "--",
+            "jj",
+            "log",
+            "-r=first",
+            "--revisions",
+            "conflicted",
+            "f_",
+        ],
+    );
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout.replace('\\', "/"), @r"
+    f_added_2
+    f_dir/
+    f_modified
+    f_deleted
+    f_modified
+    f_not_yet_renamed
+    f_unchanged
+    ");
 }