diff --git a/rust/src/applayer.rs b/rust/src/applayer.rs
index 795db989a4..71d4e6e1b8 100644
--- a/rust/src/applayer.rs
+++ b/rust/src/applayer.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //! Parser registration functions and common interface
 
 use std;
-use crate::core::{DetectEngineState,Flow,AppLayerEventType,AppLayerDecoderEvents,AppProto};
+use crate::core::{DetectEngineState,Flow,AppLayerEventType,AppLayerDecoderEvents,AppProto, STREAM_TOCLIENT};
 use crate::filecontainer::FileContainer;
 use crate::applayer;
 use std::os::raw::{c_void,c_char,c_int};
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ impl AppLayerTxData {
     pub fn incr_files_opened(&mut self) {
         self.files_opened += 1;
     }
+
+    pub fn set_inspect_direction(&mut self, direction: u8) {
+        if direction == STREAM_TOCLIENT {
+            self.detect_flags_ts |= APP_LAYER_TX_SKIP_INSPECT_FLAG;
+        } else {
+            self.detect_flags_tc |= APP_LAYER_TX_SKIP_INSPECT_FLAG;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
@@ -321,6 +329,7 @@ pub const APP_LAYER_PARSER_BYPASS_READY : u8 = BIT_U8!(4);
 
 pub const APP_LAYER_PARSER_OPT_ACCEPT_GAPS: u32 = BIT_U32!(0);
 pub const APP_LAYER_PARSER_OPT_UNIDIR_TXS: u32 = BIT_U32!(1);
+pub const APP_LAYER_TX_SKIP_INSPECT_FLAG: u64 = BIT_U64!(62);
 
 pub type AppLayerGetTxIteratorFn = extern "C" fn (ipproto: u8,
                                                   alproto: AppProto,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.h b/src/app-layer-parser.h
index 86c3a3696f..4a4def9b31 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 /* applies to DetectFlags uint64_t field */
 
+#define APP_LAYER_TX_SKIP_INSPECT_FLAG BIT_U64(62)
 /** is tx fully inspected? */
 #define APP_LAYER_TX_INSPECTED_FLAG             BIT_U64(63)
 /** other 63 bits are for tracking which prefilter engine is already
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index bd4f97604c..1aea748587 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,22 @@ static DetectTransaction GetDetectTx(const uint8_t ipproto, const AppProto alpro
         DetectTransaction no_tx = { NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, };
         return no_tx;
     }
+    if (detect_flags & APP_LAYER_TX_SKIP_INSPECT_FLAG) {
+        SCLogDebug("%" PRIu64 " tx should not be inspected in direction %s. Flags %016" PRIx64,
+                tx_id, flow_flags & STREAM_TOSERVER ? "toserver" : "toclient", detect_flags);
+        DetectTransaction no_tx = {
+            NULL,
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            NULL,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+        };
+        return no_tx;
+    }
 
     const int tx_progress = AppLayerParserGetStateProgress(ipproto, alproto, tx_ptr, flow_flags);
     const int dir_int = (flow_flags & STREAM_TOSERVER) ? 0 : 1;