diff --git a/rules/Makefile.am b/rules/Makefile.am
index 041fc60b1f..3d725ef7a3 100644
--- a/rules/Makefile.am
+++ b/rules/Makefile.am
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ decoder-events.rules \
 stream-events.rules \
 smtp-events.rules \
 http-events.rules \
+dns-events.rules \
 files.rules
diff --git a/rules/dns.rules b/rules/dns-events.rules
similarity index 100%
rename from rules/dns.rules
rename to rules/dns-events.rules
diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index 77891008b3..6809406636 100644
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ rule-files:
  - stream-events.rules  # available in suricata sources under rules dir
  - http-events.rules    # available in suricata sources under rules dir
  - smtp-events.rules    # available in suricata sources under rules dir
+ - dns-events.rules     # available in suricata sources under rules dir
 
 classification-file: @e_sysconfdir@classification.config
 reference-config-file: @e_sysconfdir@reference.config