diff --git a/src/detect-engine-hcbd.c b/src/detect-engine-hcbd.c
index c0016f9b18..933f0cd546 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-hcbd.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-hcbd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 /** \file
  *
  * \author Anoop Saldanha <anoopsaldanha@gmail.com>
+ * \author Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
  *
  * \brief Handle HTTP request body match corresponding to http_client_body
  * keyword.
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-engine-state.h"
 #include "detect-engine-content-inspection.h"
+#include "detect-engine-prefilter.h"
 
 #include "flow-util.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
@@ -212,56 +214,46 @@ static const uint8_t *DetectEngineHCBDGetBufferForTX(htp_tx_t *tx, uint64_t tx_i
     return buffer;
 }
 
-/** \brief Http client body pattern match -- searches for one pattern per
- *         signature.
+/** \brief HTTP Client Body Mpm prefilter callback
  *
- *  \param det_ctx  Detection engine thread ctx.
- *  \param body     The request body to inspect.
- *  \param body_len Body length.
- *
- *  \retval ret Number of matches.
+ *  \param det_ctx detection engine thread ctx
+ *  \param p packet to inspect
+ *  \param f flow to inspect
+ *  \param txv tx to inspect
+ *  \param pectx inspection context
  */
-static inline uint32_t HttpClientBodyPatternSearch(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
-        const uint8_t *body, const uint32_t body_len,
-        const uint8_t flags)
+static void PrefilterTxHttpRequestBody(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
+        const void *pectx,
+        Packet *p, Flow *f, void *txv,
+        const uint64_t idx, const uint8_t flags)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
-    uint32_t ret = 0;
-
-    DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(flags & STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(det_ctx->sgh->mpm_hcbd_ctx_ts == NULL);
-
-    if (body_len >= det_ctx->sgh->mpm_hcbd_ctx_ts->minlen) {
-        ret = mpm_table[det_ctx->sgh->mpm_hcbd_ctx_ts->mpm_type].
-            Search(det_ctx->sgh->mpm_hcbd_ctx_ts, &det_ctx->mtcu,
-                    &det_ctx->pmq, body, body_len);
-    }
-
-    SCReturnUInt(ret);
-}
-
-int DetectEngineRunHttpClientBodyMpm(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
-                                     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Flow *f,
-                                     HtpState *htp_state, uint8_t flags,
-                                     void *tx, uint64_t idx)
-{
-    uint32_t cnt = 0;
+    const MpmCtx *mpm_ctx = (MpmCtx *)pectx;
+    htp_tx_t *tx = (htp_tx_t *)txv;
+    HtpState *htp_state = f->alstate;
     uint32_t buffer_len = 0;
     uint32_t stream_start_offset = 0;
     const uint8_t *buffer = DetectEngineHCBDGetBufferForTX(tx, idx,
-                                                     de_ctx, det_ctx,
+                                                     NULL, det_ctx,
                                                      f, htp_state,
                                                      flags,
                                                      &buffer_len,
                                                      &stream_start_offset);
-    if (buffer_len == 0)
-        goto end;
 
-    cnt = HttpClientBodyPatternSearch(det_ctx, (uint8_t *)buffer, buffer_len, flags);
+    if (buffer_len >= mpm_ctx->minlen) {
+        (void)mpm_table[mpm_ctx->mpm_type].Search(mpm_ctx,
+                &det_ctx->mtcu, &det_ctx->pmq, buffer, buffer_len);
+    }
+}
+
+int PrefilterTxHttpRequestBodyRegister(SigGroupHead *sgh, MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
+{
+    SCEnter();
 
- end:
-    return cnt;
+    return PrefilterAppendTxEngine(sgh, PrefilterTxHttpRequestBody,
+        ALPROTO_HTTP, HTP_REQUEST_BODY,
+        mpm_ctx, NULL);
 }
 
 int DetectEngineInspectHttpClientBody(ThreadVars *tv,
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-hcbd.h b/src/detect-engine-hcbd.h
index 6dce3230c9..4ed0b50885 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-hcbd.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-hcbd.h
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
 
 #include "app-layer-htp.h"
 
-int DetectEngineRunHttpClientBodyMpm(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
-                                     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Flow *f,
-                                     HtpState *htp_state, uint8_t flags,
-                                     void *tx, uint64_t idx);
+int PrefilterTxHttpRequestBodyRegister(SigGroupHead *sgh, MpmCtx *mpm_ctx);
+
 int DetectEngineInspectHttpClientBody(ThreadVars *tv,
                                       DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                                       DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
index f9776b947c..68fabfe3e5 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "detect-engine-hrhhd.h"
 #include "detect-engine-hsmd.h"
 #include "detect-engine-hscd.h"
+#include "detect-engine-hcbd.h"
 #include "detect-engine-dns.h"
 
 #include "stream.h"
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ AppLayerMpms app_mpms[] = {
     { "http_stat_code", 0, SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT, DETECT_SM_LIST_HSCDMATCH,
         SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_HSCD, PrefilterTxHttpStatCodeRegister, 11},
 
-    { "http_client_body", 0, SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER, DETECT_SM_LIST_HCBDMATCH, SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_HCBD, NULL, 12},
+    { "http_client_body", 0, SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER, DETECT_SM_LIST_HCBDMATCH,
+        SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_HCBD, PrefilterTxHttpRequestBodyRegister, 12},
 
     { "http_host", 0, SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER, DETECT_SM_LIST_HHHDMATCH,
         SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_HHHD, PrefilterTxHostnameRegister, 13},
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 9bc2adef88..d2486b43ec 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -910,13 +910,6 @@ static inline void DetectMpmPrefilter(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if (tx_progress >= HTP_REQUEST_BODY) {
-                        if (det_ctx->sgh->flags & SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_HCBD) {
-                            PACKET_PROFILING_DETECT_START(p, PROF_DETECT_MPM_HCBD);
-                            DetectEngineRunHttpClientBodyMpm(de_ctx, det_ctx, p->flow, alstate, flags, tx, idx);
-                            PACKET_PROFILING_DETECT_END(p, PROF_DETECT_MPM_HCBD);
-                        }
-                    }
                 } else { /* implied FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT */
                     tx_progress = AppLayerParserGetStateProgress(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, tx, flags);