diff --git a/plugins/sh/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/sh/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index fa97dc02c2e9..4dfa055ad25d 100644
--- a/plugins/sh/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/sh/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Adds support for working with shell script files
     <resolveScopeProvider id="shResolveScopeProvider" implementation="com.intellij.sh.psi.impl.ShResolveScopeProvider"/>
     <lang.elementManipulator id="shLiteralManipulator" forClass="com.intellij.sh.psi.ShLiteral"
                              implementationClass="com.intellij.sh.psi.manipulator.ShLiteralManipulator" />
+    <targetElementEvaluator id="shTargetElementEvaluator" language="Shell Script"
+                            implementationClass="com.intellij.sh.codeInsight.ShTargetElementEvaluator"/>
     <editor.backspaceModeOverride id="shBackspaceModeOverride" language="Shell Script" implementationClass="com.intellij.sh.ShBackspaceModeOverride"/>
 
     <lang.psiStructureViewFactory id="shStructureViewFactory" language="Shell Script" implementationClass="com.intellij.sh.ShStructureViewFactory"/>
diff --git a/plugins/sh/src/com/intellij/sh/codeInsight/ShTargetElementEvaluator.java b/plugins/sh/src/com/intellij/sh/codeInsight/ShTargetElementEvaluator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a31807adb09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sh/src/com/intellij/sh/codeInsight/ShTargetElementEvaluator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.sh.codeInsight;
+
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.TargetElementEvaluatorEx2;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
+import com.intellij.sh.psi.ShFunctionDefinition;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class ShTargetElementEvaluator extends TargetElementEvaluatorEx2 {
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAcceptableNamedParent(@NotNull PsiElement parent) {
+    return parent instanceof ShFunctionDefinition;
+  }
+}