diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 9652f9b41..744cf8d8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Changed
   configured with the new `new-instance-open-target.window` setting.
 - Word hints now are more clever about getting the element text from some elements.
 - Completions for `:help` and `:bind` now also show hidden commands
+- The `:buffer` completion now also filters using the first column (id).
 
 Removed
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diff --git a/qutebrowser/completion/models/miscmodels.py b/qutebrowser/completion/models/miscmodels.py
index aeb9478f0..14a48c399 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/completion/models/miscmodels.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/completion/models/miscmodels.py
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class TabCompletionModel(base.BaseCompletionModel):
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
 
-        self.columns_to_filter = [self.URL_COLUMN, self.TEXT_COLUMN]
+        self.columns_to_filter = [self.IDX_COLUMN, self.URL_COLUMN,
+                                  self.TEXT_COLUMN]
 
         for win_id in objreg.window_registry:
             tabbed_browser = objreg.get('tabbed-browser', scope='window',