diff --git a/src/detect-http-raw-uri.c b/src/detect-http-raw-uri.c
index f3db9e0f2f..9553df23f9 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-raw-uri.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-raw-uri.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"
 #include "detect-content.h"
 #include "detect-pcre.h"
+#include "detect-urilen.h"
 
 #include "flow.h"
 #include "flow-var.h"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 static int DetectHttpRawUriSetup(DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, const char *);
 static void DetectHttpRawUriRegisterTests(void);
 static void DetectHttpRawUriSetupCallback(Signature *s);
+static bool DetectHttpRawUriValidateCallback(const Signature *s);
 static int g_http_raw_uri_buffer_id = 0;
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ void DetectHttpRawUriRegister(void)
     DetectBufferTypeRegisterSetupCallback("http_raw_uri",
             DetectHttpRawUriSetupCallback);
 
+    DetectBufferTypeRegisterValidateCallback("http_raw_uri",
+            DetectHttpRawUriValidateCallback);
+
     g_http_raw_uri_buffer_id = DetectBufferTypeGetByName("http_raw_uri");
 }
 
@@ -108,10 +113,16 @@ static int DetectHttpRawUriSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const ch
                                                   ALPROTO_HTTP);
 }
 
+static bool DetectHttpRawUriValidateCallback(const Signature *s)
+{
+    return DetectUrilenValidateContent(s, g_http_raw_uri_buffer_id);
+}
+
 static void DetectHttpRawUriSetupCallback(Signature *s)
 {
     SCLogDebug("callback invoked by %u", s->id);
     s->mask |= SIG_MASK_REQUIRE_HTTP_STATE;
+    DetectUrilenApplyToContent(s, g_http_raw_uri_buffer_id);
 }
 
 /******************************** UNITESTS **********************************/
diff --git a/src/detect-http-uri.c b/src/detect-http-uri.c
index 30bc5ea61c..6033887638 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-uri.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-uri.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"
 #include "detect-content.h"
 #include "detect-pcre.h"
+#include "detect-urilen.h"
 
 #include "flow.h"
 #include "flow-var.h"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 
 static void DetectHttpUriRegisterTests(void);
 static void DetectHttpUriSetupCallback(Signature *s);
+static bool DetectHttpUriValidateCallback(const Signature *s);
 
 static int g_http_uri_buffer_id = 0;
 
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ void DetectHttpUriRegister (void)
     DetectBufferTypeRegisterSetupCallback("http_uri",
             DetectHttpUriSetupCallback);
 
+    DetectBufferTypeRegisterValidateCallback("http_uri",
+            DetectHttpUriValidateCallback);
+
     g_http_uri_buffer_id = DetectBufferTypeGetByName("http_uri");
 }
 
@@ -112,10 +117,16 @@ int DetectHttpUriSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *str)
                                                   ALPROTO_HTTP);
 }
 
+static bool DetectHttpUriValidateCallback(const Signature *s)
+{
+    return DetectUrilenValidateContent(s, g_http_uri_buffer_id);
+}
+
 static void DetectHttpUriSetupCallback(Signature *s)
 {
     SCLogDebug("callback invoked by %u", s->id);
     s->mask |= SIG_MASK_REQUIRE_HTTP_STATE;
+    DetectUrilenApplyToContent(s, g_http_uri_buffer_id);
 }
 
 /******************************** UNITESTS **********************************/
diff --git a/src/detect-urilen.c b/src/detect-urilen.c
index 7959b9c644..cd24edbae6 100644
--- a/src/detect-urilen.c
+++ b/src/detect-urilen.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-engine.h"
 #include "detect-engine-state.h"
+#include "detect-content.h"
 
 #include "detect-urilen.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
@@ -285,6 +286,83 @@ void DetectUrilenFree(void *ptr)
     SCFree(urilend);
 }
 
+/** \brief set prefilter dsize pair
+ *  \param s signature to get dsize value from
+ */
+void DetectUrilenApplyToContent(Signature *s, int list)
+{
+    uint16_t high = 65535;
+    bool found = false;
+
+    SigMatch *sm = s->init_data->smlists[list];
+    for ( ; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
+        if (sm->type != DETECT_AL_URILEN)
+            continue;
+
+        DetectUrilenData *dd = (DetectUrilenData *)sm->ctx;
+
+        switch (dd->mode) {
+            case DETECT_URILEN_LT:
+                high = dd->urilen1 + 1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_EQ:
+                high = dd->urilen1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_RA:
+                high = dd->urilen2 + 1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_GT:
+                high = 65535;
+                break;
+        }
+        found = true;
+    }
+
+    // skip 65535 to avoid mismatch on uri > 64k
+    if (!found || high == 65535)
+        return;
+
+    SCLogDebug("high %u", high);
+
+    sm = s->init_data->smlists[list];
+    for ( ; sm != NULL;  sm = sm->next) {
+        if (sm->type != DETECT_CONTENT) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        DetectContentData *cd = (DetectContentData *)sm->ctx;
+        if (cd == NULL) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (cd->depth == 0 || cd->depth > high) {
+            cd->depth = (uint16_t)high;
+            SCLogDebug("updated %u, content %u to have depth %u "
+                    "because of urilen.", s->id, cd->id, cd->depth);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+bool DetectUrilenValidateContent(const Signature *s, int list)
+{
+    const SigMatch *sm = s->init_data->smlists[list];
+    for ( ; sm != NULL;  sm = sm->next) {
+        if (sm->type != DETECT_CONTENT) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        DetectContentData *cd = (DetectContentData *)sm->ctx;
+        if (cd == NULL) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (cd->depth && cd->depth < cd->content_len) {
+            SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE, "depth or urilen %u smaller "
+                    "than content len %u", cd->depth, cd->content_len);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
 
 #include "stream.h"
diff --git a/src/detect-urilen.h b/src/detect-urilen.h
index c853011de8..b5fe79408f 100644
--- a/src/detect-urilen.h
+++ b/src/detect-urilen.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ typedef struct DetectUrilenData_ {
     uint8_t raw_buffer;
 }DetectUrilenData;
 
+bool DetectUrilenValidateContent(const Signature *s, int list);
+void DetectUrilenApplyToContent(Signature *s, int list);
 int DetectUrilenMatch (ThreadVars *, DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Flow *,
                        uint8_t, void *, Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void DetectUrilenRegister(void);