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..83e809fb0f 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 `elem` conditionalKeywords -> 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)
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ findCursorContext cursor parentHistory prefixText fields =
     where
         inSameLineAsSectionName section = Syntax.positionRow (getAnnotation section) == Syntax.positionRow cursor
         stanzaCtx = snd $ NE.head parentHistory
+        conditionalKeywords = ["if", "elif", "else"]
 
 -- | Finds the cursor's context, where the cursor is already found to be in a specific field
 --
diff --git a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
index 82d50ccf14..8e6176bc5b 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-cabal-plugin/test/Context.hs
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ 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 18) "" conditionalData
+            ctx @?= (Stanza "library" Nothing, None)
+        , testCase "Elif is ignored" $ do
+            ctx <- callGetContext (Position 7 18) "" conditionalData
+            ctx @?= (Stanza "library" Nothing, None)
+        , testCase "Else is ignored" $ do
+            ctx <- callGetContext (Position 9 18) "" conditionalData
+            ctx @?= (Stanza "library" Nothing, KeyWord "buildable:")
         , testCase "Named Stanza" $ do
             ctx <- callGetContext (Position 2 18) "" executableStanzaData
             ctx @?= (TopLevel, None)
@@ -237,6 +246,18 @@ name:
           eee
 |]
 
+conditionalData :: T.Text
+conditionalData = [trimming|
+cabal-version:      3.0
+name:               simple-cabal
+library
+    if os(windows)
+       buildable:
+    elif os(linux)
+       buildable:
+    else
+       buildable:
+|]
 multiLineOptsData :: T.Text
 multiLineOptsData = [trimming|
 cabal-version:      3.0