diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.c b/src/detect-engine-register.c
index a339aaa55b..b62a6173ca 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.c
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ static void PrintFeatureList(const SigTableElmt *e, char sep)
         DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(flags & (SIGMATCH_INFO_MULTI_UINT | SIGMATCH_INFO_ENUM_UINT |
                                               SIGMATCH_INFO_BITFLAGS_UINT));
     }
+    if (flags & SIGMATCH_BAN_FIREWALL_RULE) {
+        if (prev == 1)
+            printf("%c", sep);
+        printf("banned from firewall rules");
+        prev = 1;
+    }
     if (e->Transform) {
         if (prev == 1)
             printf("%c", sep);
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.h b/src/detect-engine-register.h
index 516dc5b288..910394ffd4 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.h
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ extern int DETECT_TBLSIZE_IDX;
 #define SIGMATCH_INFO_ENUM_UINT (1UL << (19))
 /** keyword is an uint with bitflags */
 #define SIGMATCH_INFO_BITFLAGS_UINT (1UL << (20))
+/** keyword cannot be used in firewall rules */
+#define SIGMATCH_BAN_FIREWALL_RULE (1UL << (21))
 
 int SigTableList(const char *keyword);
 void SigTableCleanup(void);
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 05e7cc0b5c..98afa1e843 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ static int SigParseOptions(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr,
 #undef URL
     }
 
+    if (s->init_data->firewall_rule && (st->flags & SIGMATCH_BAN_FIREWALL_RULE) != 0) {
+        SCLogError("keyword \'%s\' is not allowed with firewall rules", optname);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     int setup_ret = 0;
 
     /* Validate double quoting, trimming trailing white space along the way. */