diff --git a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDDocument.java b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDDocument.java
index 9d56f5e41..46299b428 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDDocument.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDDocument.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void collectElement(XSElementDeclaration elementDeclaration, Collection<CMElemen
 			// element declaration is marked as abstract
 			// ex with xsl: <xs:element name="declaration" type="xsl:generic-element-type"
 			// abstract="true"/>
-			XSObjectList list = model.getSubstitutionGroup(elementDeclaration);
+			XSObjectList list = getSubstitutionGroup(elementDeclaration);
 			if (list != null) {
 				// it exists elements list bind with this abstract declaration with
 				// substitutionGroup
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ void collectElement(XSElementDeclaration elementDeclaration, Collection<CMElemen
 		}
 	}
 
+	XSObjectList getSubstitutionGroup(XSElementDeclaration elementDeclaration) {
+		return model.getSubstitutionGroup(elementDeclaration);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public CMElementDeclaration findCMElement(DOMElement element, String namespace) {
 		List<DOMElement> paths = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDElementDeclaration.java b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDElementDeclaration.java
index 85268dfe3..b4a91e914 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDElementDeclaration.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/xsd/contentmodel/CMXSDElementDeclaration.java
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ public Collection<CMElementDeclaration> getPossibleElements(DOMElement parentEle
 				if (object instanceof XSElementDeclaration) {
 					XSElementDeclaration elementDecl = (XSElementDeclaration) object;
 					document.collectElement(elementDecl, possibleElements);
+					// Collect substitution group
+					XSObjectList group = document.getSubstitutionGroup(elementDecl);
+					if (group != null) {
+						for (int i = 0; i < group.getLength(); i++) {
+							XSElementDeclaration o = (XSElementDeclaration) group.item(i);
+							document.collectElement(o, possibleElements);
+						}
+					}
 				} else {
 					// case with xs:any. Ex:
 					// <xs:sequence>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/contentmodel/XMLSchemaCompletionExtensionsTest.java b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/contentmodel/XMLSchemaCompletionExtensionsTest.java
index eef3e6928..183f44c56 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/contentmodel/XMLSchemaCompletionExtensionsTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/extensions/contentmodel/XMLSchemaCompletionExtensionsTest.java
@@ -779,6 +779,15 @@ public void xsAnyDuplicate() throws IOException, BadLocationException {
 				c("DockLayout", te(2, 1, 2, 1, "<DockLayout></DockLayout>"), "DockLayout", "Source: tns.xsd",
 						MarkupKind.PLAINTEXT));
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void substitutionGroup() throws BadLocationException {
+		String xml = "<fleet xmlns=\"http://example/\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://example/ xsd/substitutionGroup.xsd\">\r\n"
+				+ "	   | ";
+		XMLAssert.testCompletionFor(xml, null, "src/test/resources/substitutionGroup.xml", null,
+				c("truck", "<truck />"), //
+				c("automobile", "<automobile />"));
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void tag() throws BadLocationException {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/resources/xsd/substitutionGroup.xsd b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/resources/xsd/substitutionGroup.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2356f159b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/test/resources/xsd/substitutionGroup.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://example/" targetNamespace="http://example/">
+    <xs:complexType name="AutomobileType">
+        <xs:attribute name="topSpeed" type="xs:float" />
+    </xs:complexType>
+    <xs:complexType name="TruckType">
+        <xs:complexContent>
+            <xs:extension base="AutomobileType">
+                <xs:attribute name="payloadCapacity" type="xs:float" />
+            </xs:extension>
+        </xs:complexContent>
+    </xs:complexType>
+
+    <xs:element name="automobile" type="AutomobileType"/>
+    <xs:element name="truck" type="TruckType" substitutionGroup="automobile"/>
+
+    <xs:element name="fleet">
+        <xs:complexType>
+            <xs:sequence>
+                <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+                    <xs:element ref="automobile" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+                </xs:choice>
+            </xs:sequence>
+        </xs:complexType>
+    </xs:element>
+</xs:schema>
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