diff --git a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Cabal/Completion/Completions.hs b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Cabal/Completion/Completions.hs
index 04b6562270..566828db82 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Cabal/Completion/Completions.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/Cabal/Completion/Completions.hs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ findCursorContext cursor parentHistory prefixText fields =
     Just field@(Syntax.Field _ _) -> classifyFieldContext parentHistory cursor field
     Just section@(Syntax.Section _ args sectionFields)
       | inSameLineAsSectionName section -> (stanzaCtx, None) -- TODO: test whether keyword in same line is parsed correctly
+      | getFieldName section == "if" -> findCursorContext cursor parentHistory prefixText sectionFields -- Ignore if conditionals, they are not real sections
       | otherwise ->
           findCursorContext cursor
             (NE.cons (Syntax.positionCol (getAnnotation section) + 1, Stanza (getFieldName section) (getOptionalSectionName args)) parentHistory)
diff --git a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
index 82d50ccf14..a219199956 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ getContextTests =
         , testCase "Top level - cursor in later line with partially written value" $ do
             ctx <- callGetContext (Position 5 13) "eee" topLevelData
             ctx @?= (TopLevel, KeyWord "name:")
+        , testCase "If is ignored" $ do
+            ctx <- callGetContext (Position 5 8) "" ifData
+            ctx @?= (Stanza "library" Nothing, None)
         , testCase "Named Stanza" $ do
             ctx <- callGetContext (Position 2 18) "" executableStanzaData
             ctx @?= (TopLevel, None)
@@ -237,6 +240,14 @@ name:
           eee
 |]
 
+ifData :: T.Text
+ifData = [trimming|
+cabal-version:      3.0
+name:               simple-cabal
+library
+    if os(windows)
+       
+|]
 multiLineOptsData :: T.Text
 multiLineOptsData = [trimming|
 cabal-version:      3.0