diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-common.c b/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
index 5f8e0be133..95eaf13152 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ static void DNSTransactionFree(DNSTransaction *tx, DNSState *state)
 
     AppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents(&tx->decoder_events);
 
+    if (tx->de_state != NULL)
+        DetectEngineStateFree(tx->de_state);
+
     DNSDecrMemcap(sizeof(DNSTransaction), state);
     SCFree(tx);
     SCReturn;
@@ -344,6 +347,19 @@ DNSTransaction *DNSTransactionFindByTxId(const DNSState *dns_state, const uint16
     return NULL;
 }
 
+DetectEngineState *DNSGetTxDetectState(void *vtx)
+{
+    DNSTransaction *tx = (DNSTransaction *)vtx;
+    return tx->de_state;
+}
+
+int DNSSetTxDetectState(void *vtx, DetectEngineState *s)
+{
+    DNSTransaction *tx = (DNSTransaction *)vtx;
+    tx->de_state = s;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void *DNSStateAlloc(void)
 {
     void *s = SCMalloc(sizeof(DNSState));
diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-common.h b/src/app-layer-dns-common.h
index ab2d8ef118..5977a74df8 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-common.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-common.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ typedef struct DNSTransaction_ {
     AppLayerDecoderEvents *decoder_events;          /**< per tx events */
 
     TAILQ_ENTRY(DNSTransaction_) next;
+    DetectEngineState *de_state;
 } DNSTransaction;
 
 /** \brief Per flow DNS state container */
@@ -199,6 +200,9 @@ int DNSGetAlstateProgressCompletionStatus(uint8_t direction);
 void DNSStateTransactionFree(void *state, uint64_t tx_id);
 DNSTransaction *DNSTransactionFindByTxId(const DNSState *dns_state, const uint16_t tx_id);
 
+DetectEngineState *DNSGetTxDetectState(void *vtx);
+int DNSSetTxDetectState(void *vtx, DetectEngineState *s);
+
 void DNSSetEvent(DNSState *s, uint8_t e);
 void *DNSStateAlloc(void);
 void DNSStateFree(void *s);
diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c b/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
index 6b46a5a1dc..8ed1a85dcb 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-tcp.c
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ void RegisterDNSTCPParsers(void)
 
         AppLayerParserRegisterGetEventsFunc(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSGetEvents);
         AppLayerParserRegisterHasEventsFunc(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSHasEvents);
+        AppLayerParserRegisterDetectStateFuncs(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DNS,
+                                               DNSGetTxDetectState, DNSSetTxDetectState);
 
         AppLayerParserRegisterGetTx(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSGetTx);
         AppLayerParserRegisterGetTxCnt(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSGetTxCnt);
diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
index feeb7de1c7..86350d0ce3 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ void RegisterDNSUDPParsers(void)
 
         AppLayerParserRegisterGetEventsFunc(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSGetEvents);
         AppLayerParserRegisterHasEventsFunc(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS, DNSHasEvents);
+        AppLayerParserRegisterDetectStateFuncs(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS,
+                                               DNSGetTxDetectState, DNSSetTxDetectState);
 
         AppLayerParserRegisterGetTx(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS,
                                     DNSGetTx);