diff --git a/src/action-globals.h b/src/action-globals.h
index fc9a3275f0..65c6544946 100644
--- a/src/action-globals.h
+++ b/src/action-globals.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define ACTION_REJECT_DST   0x08
 #define ACTION_REJECT_BOTH  0x10
 #define ACTION_PASS         0x20
+#define ACTION_CONFIG       0x40
 
 #define ACTION_REJECT_ANY   (ACTION_REJECT|ACTION_REJECT_DST|ACTION_REJECT_BOTH)
 
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 69cdb5a33a..ca0bce5cde 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,9 @@ static int SigParseAction(Signature *s, const char *action)
         if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate(action)))
             return -1;
         s->action = ACTION_REJECT_BOTH|ACTION_DROP;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action, "config") == 0) {
+        s->action = ACTION_CONFIG;
+        s->flags |= SIG_FLAG_NOALERT;
     } else {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_ACTION,"An invalid action \"%s\" was given",action);
         return -1;