diff --git a/hy/_compat.py b/hy/_compat.py
index af710f2..cc46f1c 100644
--- a/hy/_compat.py
+++ b/hy/_compat.py
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ if PY3:
 else:
     long_type = long  # NOQA
 
+if PY3:
+    string_types = str,
+else:
+    string_types = basestring,  # NOQA
+
 if PY3:
     exec('def raise_empty(t, *args): raise t(*args) from None')
 else:
diff --git a/hy/cmdline.py b/hy/cmdline.py
index 564dedb..7ebe949 100644
--- a/hy/cmdline.py
+++ b/hy/cmdline.py
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ def run_repl(hr=None, spy=False):
     sys.ps1 = "=> "
     sys.ps2 = "... "
 
-    ns = {}
+    namespace = {'__name__': '__console__', '__doc__': ''}
 
-    with completion(Completer(namespace=ns)):
+    with completion(Completer(namespace)):
 
         if not hr:
-            hr = HyREPL(spy, locals=ns)
+            hr = HyREPL(spy, namespace)
 
         hr.interact("{appname} {version} using "
                     "{py}({build}) {pyversion} on {os}".format(
diff --git a/hy/completer.py b/hy/completer.py
index 19e4858..ea813c5 100644
--- a/hy/completer.py
+++ b/hy/completer.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from hy._compat import string_types
 
 docomplete = True
 
@@ -53,27 +54,31 @@ import hy.compiler
 
 from hy._compat import builtins
 
-PATH = [hy.compiler._compile_table,
-        hy.macros._hy_macros,
-        builtins.__dict__]
-
 
 class Completer(object):
-    def __init__(self, namespace=None):
-        if namespace and not isinstance(namespace, dict):
-            raise TypeError('namespace must be a dictionary')
 
+    def __init__(self, namespace={}):
+        if not isinstance(namespace, dict):
+            raise TypeError('namespace must be a dictionary')
         self.namespace = namespace
+        self.path = [hy.compiler._compile_table,
+                     builtins.__dict__,
+                     hy.macros._hy_macros[None],
+                     namespace]
+        self.reader_path = [hy.macros._hy_reader[None]]
+        if '__name__' in namespace:
+            module_name = namespace['__name__']
+            self.path.append(hy.macros._hy_macros[module_name])
+            self.reader_path.append(hy.macros._hy_reader[module_name])
 
     def attr_matches(self, text):
         # Borrowed from IPython's completer
-
-        # Another option, seems to work great. Catches things like ''.<tab>
-        m = re.match(r"(\S+(\.\w+)*)\.([\w-]*)$", text)
+        m = re.match(r"(\S+(\.[\w-]+)*)\.([\w-]*)$", text)
 
         if m:
             expr, attr = m.group(1, 3)
             attr = attr.replace("-", "_")
+            expr = expr.replace("-", "_")
         else:
             return []
 
@@ -83,29 +88,38 @@ class Completer(object):
         except Exception:
             return []
 
-        # Build match list to return
         n = len(attr)
         matches = []
         for w in words:
             if w[:n] == attr:
-                matches.append("%s.%s" % (expr, w.replace("_", "-")))
+                matches.append("{}.{}".format(
+                    expr.replace("_", "-"), w.replace("_", "-")))
         return matches
 
     def global_matches(self, text):
-        path = PATH
-        if self.namespace:
-            path.append(self.namespace)
-
         matches = []
-        for p in path:
-            p = filter(lambda x: isinstance(x, str), p.keys())
-            p = [x.replace("_", "-") for x in p]
-            [matches.append(x) for x in
-                filter(lambda x: x.startswith(text), p)]
+        for p in self.path:
+            for k in p.keys():
+                if isinstance(k, string_types):
+                    k = k.replace("_", "-")
+                    if k.startswith(text):
+                        matches.append(k)
+        return matches
+
+    def reader_matches(self, text):
+        text = text[1:]
+        matches = []
+        for p in self.reader_path:
+            for k in p.keys():
+                if isinstance(k, string_types):
+                    if k.startswith(text):
+                        matches.append("#{}".format(k))
         return matches
 
     def complete(self, text, state):
-        if "." in text:
+        if text.startswith("#"):
+            matches = self.reader_matches(text)
+        elif "." in text:
             matches = self.attr_matches(text)
         else:
             matches = self.global_matches(text)