diff --git a/jedi/api.py b/jedi/api.py
index 1b41e730..99a306d5 100644
--- a/jedi/api.py
+++ b/jedi/api.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import with_statement
 import re
 import os
 import warnings
+from itertools import chain
 
 from jedi import parsing
 from jedi import parsing_representation as pr
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ from jedi import common
 from jedi import cache
 from jedi import modules
 from jedi import interpret
-from jedi._compatibility import next, unicode
+from jedi._compatibility import next, unicode, builtins
 import keywords
 import evaluate
 import api_classes
@@ -586,12 +587,55 @@ class Interpreter(Script):
         `source`.
         """
         super(Interpreter, self).__init__(source, **kwds)
+        self.namespaces = namespaces
 
         # Here we add the namespaces to the current parser.
         importer = interpret.ObjectImporter(self._parser.user_scope)
         for ns in namespaces:
             importer.import_raw_namespace(ns)
 
+    def _simple_complete(self, path, like):
+        user_stmt = self._user_stmt(True)
+        is_simple_path = not path or re.search('^[\w][\w\d.]*$', path)
+        if isinstance(user_stmt, pr.Import) or not is_simple_path:
+            return super(type(self), self)._simple_complete(path, like)
+        else:
+            class NamespaceModule:
+                def __getattr__(_, name):
+                    for n in self.namespaces:
+                        try:
+                            return n[name]
+                        except KeyError:
+                            pass
+                    raise AttributeError()
+
+                def __dir__(_):
+                    return list(set(chain.from_iterable(n.keys()
+                                    for n in self.namespaces)))
+
+            paths = path.split('.') if path else []
+
+            namespaces = (NamespaceModule(), builtins)
+            for p in paths:
+                old, namespaces = namespaces, []
+                for n in old:
+                    try:
+                        namespaces.append(getattr(n, p))
+                    except AttributeError:
+                        pass
+
+            completions = []
+            for n in namespaces:
+                for name in dir(n):
+                    if name.lower().startswith(like.lower()):
+                        scope = self._parser.module
+                        n = pr.Name(self._parser.module, [(name, (0, 0))],
+                                    (0, 0), (0, 0), scope)
+                        completions.append((n, scope))
+            return completions
+
+
+
 
 def defined_names(source, path=None, source_encoding='utf-8'):
     """
diff --git a/jedi/utils.py b/jedi/utils.py
index 4c8b7c8b..f6e78348 100644
--- a/jedi/utils.py
+++ b/jedi/utils.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Utilities for end-users.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import __main__
-import re
 
-from jedi._compatibility import builtins
 from jedi import Interpreter
 
 
@@ -65,36 +63,11 @@ def setup_readline(namespace_module=__main__):
             if state == 0:
                 interpreter = Interpreter(text, [namespace_module.__dict__])
 
-                # The following part is a bit hackish, because it tries to
-                # directly access some jedi internals. The goal is to just
-                # use the "default" completion with ``getattr`` if
-                # possible.
                 path, dot, like = interpreter._get_completion_parts()
                 before = text[:len(text) - len(like)]
-                # Shouldn't be an import statement and just a simple path
-                # with dots.
-                is_import = re.match('^\s*(import|from) ', text)
-                if not is_import and (not path or re.match('^[\w][\w\d.]*$', path)):
-                    paths = path.split('.') if path else []
-                    namespaces = (namespace_module, builtins)
-                    for p in paths:
-                        old, namespaces = namespaces, []
-                        for n in old:
-                            try:
-                                namespaces.append(getattr(n, p))
-                            except AttributeError:
-                                pass
+                completions = interpreter.completions()
 
-                    self.matches = []
-                    for n in namespaces:
-                        for name in dir(n):
-                            if name.lower().startswith(like.lower()):
-                                self.matches.append(before + name)
-                else:
-                    completions = interpreter.completions()
-
-                    self.matches = [before + c.name_with_symbols
-                                    for c in completions]
+                self.matches = [before + c.name_with_symbols for c in completions]
             try:
                 return self.matches[state]
             except IndexError:
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 15430a9c..7903ded1 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ class TestSetupReadline(TestCase):
         assert set(self.completions(s)) == set([s + 'ltsep', s + 'bspath'])
         assert self.completions('import keyword') == ['import keyword']
 
+        import os
+        s = 'from os import '
+        goal = set([s + el for el in dir(os)])
+        # There are minor differences, e.g. the dir doesn't include deleted
+        # items as well as items that are not only available on linux.
+        assert len(set(self.completions(s)).symmetric_difference(goal)) < 20
+
     def test_preexisting_values(self):
         self.namespace.a = range(10)
         assert set(self.completions('a.')) == set(['a.' + n for n in dir(range(1))])