diff --git a/languages/properties/config.toml b/languages/properties/config.toml
index 9537eef..96ad1a1 100644
--- a/languages/properties/config.toml
+++ b/languages/properties/config.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ grammar = "properties"
 path_suffixes = ["properties"]
 line_comments = ["# "]
 brackets = [{ start = "[", end = "]", close = true, newline = true }]
+
+[overrides.property]
+completion_query_characters = [".", "-"]
diff --git a/languages/properties/overrides.scm b/languages/properties/overrides.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3615ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/properties/overrides.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+; Property keys are typed left-to-right, so the cursor sits at the end of the
+; node; a non-inclusive capture would exclude that offset (see Zed's
+; SyntaxLayer::override_id) and the override would never apply while typing.
+(property) @property.inclusive