diff --git a/rust/src/http2/detect.rs b/rust/src/http2/detect.rs
index 069c2e6178..e78c6d28d5 100644
--- a/rust/src/http2/detect.rs
+++ b/rust/src/http2/detect.rs
@@ -678,6 +678,44 @@ fn http2_escape_header(hd: &parser::HTTP2FrameHeaders, i: u32) -> Vec<u8> {
     return vec;
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_http2_tx_get_header_names(
+    tx: &mut HTTP2Transaction, direction: u8, buffer: *mut *const u8, buffer_len: *mut u32,
+) -> u8 {
+    let mut vec = Vec::new();
+    vec.push('\r' as u8);
+    vec.push('\n' as u8);
+    let frames = if direction & STREAM_TOSERVER != 0 {
+        &tx.frames_ts
+    } else {
+        &tx.frames_tc
+    };
+    for i in 0..frames.len() {
+        match &frames[i].data {
+            HTTP2FrameTypeData::HEADERS(hd) => {
+                for j in 0..hd.blocks.len() {
+                    // we do not escape linefeeds in headers names
+                    vec.extend_from_slice(&hd.blocks[j].name);
+                    vec.push('\r' as u8);
+                    vec.push('\n' as u8);
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    if vec.len() > 2 {
+        vec.push('\r' as u8);
+        vec.push('\n' as u8);
+        tx.escaped.push(vec);
+        let idx = tx.escaped.len() - 1;
+        let value = &tx.escaped[idx];
+        *buffer = value.as_ptr(); //unsafe
+        *buffer_len = value.len() as u32;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_http2_tx_get_header(
     tx: &mut HTTP2Transaction, direction: u8, nb: u32, buffer: *mut *const u8, buffer_len: *mut u32,
diff --git a/src/detect-http-header-names.c b/src/detect-http-header-names.c
index 32a5a88de0..bc6115e170 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-header-names.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-header-names.c
@@ -150,6 +150,27 @@ static uint8_t *GetBufferForTX(htp_tx_t *tx, uint64_t tx_id,
     return buf->buffer;
 }
 
+static InspectionBuffer *GetBuffer2ForTX(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
+        const DetectEngineTransforms *transforms, Flow *_f, const uint8_t flow_flags, void *txv,
+        const int list_id)
+{
+    InspectionBuffer *buffer = InspectionBufferGet(det_ctx, list_id);
+    if (buffer->inspect == NULL) {
+        uint32_t b_len = 0;
+        const uint8_t *b = NULL;
+
+        if (rs_http2_tx_get_header_names(txv, flow_flags, &b, &b_len) != 1)
+            return NULL;
+        if (b == NULL || b_len == 0)
+            return NULL;
+
+        InspectionBufferSetup(det_ctx, list_id, buffer, b, b_len);
+        InspectionBufferApplyTransforms(buffer, transforms);
+    }
+
+    return buffer;
+}
+
 typedef struct PrefilterMpmHttpHeaderCtx {
     int list_id;
     const MpmCtx *mpm_ctx;
@@ -381,7 +402,7 @@ static int DetectHttpHeaderNamesSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, con
     if (DetectBufferSetActiveList(s, g_buffer_id) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (DetectSignatureSetAppProto(s, ALPROTO_HTTP1) < 0)
+    if (DetectSignatureSetAppProto(s, ALPROTO_HTTP) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return 0;
@@ -410,6 +431,16 @@ void DetectHttpHeaderNamesRegister(void)
     DetectAppLayerInspectEngineRegister2(BUFFER_NAME, ALPROTO_HTTP1, SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT,
             HTP_RESPONSE_HEADERS, InspectEngineHttpHeaderNames, NULL);
 
+    DetectAppLayerMpmRegister2(BUFFER_NAME, SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER, 2, PrefilterGenericMpmRegister,
+            GetBuffer2ForTX, ALPROTO_HTTP2, HTTP2StateDataClient);
+    DetectAppLayerMpmRegister2(BUFFER_NAME, SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT, 2, PrefilterGenericMpmRegister,
+            GetBuffer2ForTX, ALPROTO_HTTP2, HTTP2StateDataServer);
+
+    DetectAppLayerInspectEngineRegister2(BUFFER_NAME, ALPROTO_HTTP2, SIG_FLAG_TOSERVER,
+            HTTP2StateDataClient, DetectEngineInspectBufferGeneric, GetBuffer2ForTX);
+    DetectAppLayerInspectEngineRegister2(BUFFER_NAME, ALPROTO_HTTP2, SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT,
+            HTTP2StateDataServer, DetectEngineInspectBufferGeneric, GetBuffer2ForTX);
+
     DetectBufferTypeSetDescriptionByName(BUFFER_NAME,
             BUFFER_DESC);