diff --git a/src/detect-ttl.c b/src/detect-ttl.c
index 051131f950..97e9055af4 100644
--- a/src/detect-ttl.c
+++ b/src/detect-ttl.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "detect.h"
 #include "detect-parse.h"
+#include "detect-engine-prefilter-common.h"
 
 #include "detect-ttl.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ static int DetectTtlSetup (DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, char *);
 void DetectTtlFree (void *);
 void DetectTtlRegisterTests (void);
 
+static int PrefilterSetupTtl(SigGroupHead *sgh);
+static _Bool PrefilterTtlIsPrefilterable(const Signature *s);
+
 /**
  * \brief Registration function for ttl: keyword
  */
@@ -61,10 +65,29 @@ void DetectTtlRegister(void)
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_TTL].Free = DetectTtlFree;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_TTL].RegisterTests = DetectTtlRegisterTests;
 
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TTL].SupportsPrefilter = PrefilterTtlIsPrefilterable;
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TTL].SetupPrefilter = PrefilterSetupTtl;
+
     DetectSetupParseRegexes(PARSE_REGEX, &parse_regex, &parse_regex_study);
     return;
 }
 
+static inline int TtlMatch(const uint8_t pttl, const uint8_t mode,
+                           const uint8_t dttl1, const uint8_t dttl2)
+{
+    if (mode == DETECT_TTL_EQ && pttl == dttl1)
+        return 1;
+    else if (mode == DETECT_TTL_LT && pttl < dttl1)
+        return 1;
+    else if (mode == DETECT_TTL_GT && pttl > dttl1)
+        return 1;
+    else if (mode == DETECT_TTL_RA && (pttl > dttl1 && pttl < dttl2))
+        return 1;
+
+    return 0;
+
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief This function is used to match TTL rule option on a packet with those passed via ttl:
  *
@@ -79,32 +102,21 @@ void DetectTtlRegister(void)
 int DetectTtlMatch (ThreadVars *t, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Packet *p, Signature *s, const SigMatchCtx *ctx)
 {
 
-    int ret = 0;
-    uint8_t pttl;
-    const DetectTtlData *ttld = (const DetectTtlData *)ctx;
-
     if (PKT_IS_PSEUDOPKT(p))
         return 0;
 
+    uint8_t pttl;
     if (PKT_IS_IPV4(p)) {
         pttl = IPV4_GET_IPTTL(p);
     } else if (PKT_IS_IPV6(p)) {
         pttl = IPV6_GET_HLIM(p);
     } else {
         SCLogDebug("Packet is of not IPv4 or IPv6");
-        return ret;
+        return 0;
     }
 
-    if (ttld->mode == DETECT_TTL_EQ && pttl == ttld->ttl1)
-        ret = 1;
-    else if (ttld->mode == DETECT_TTL_LT && pttl < ttld->ttl1)
-        ret = 1;
-    else if (ttld->mode == DETECT_TTL_GT && pttl > ttld->ttl1)
-        ret = 1;
-    else if (ttld->mode == DETECT_TTL_RA && (pttl > ttld->ttl1 && pttl < ttld->ttl2))
-        ret = 1;
-
-    return ret;
+    const DetectTtlData *ttld = (const DetectTtlData *)ctx;
+    return TtlMatch(pttl, ttld->mode, ttld->ttl1, ttld->ttl2);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -293,6 +305,74 @@ void DetectTtlFree(void *ptr)
     SCFree(ttld);
 }
 
+/* prefilter code */
+
+static void
+PrefilterPacketTtlMatch(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, Packet *p, const void *pectx)
+{
+    if (PKT_IS_PSEUDOPKT(p)) {
+        SCReturn;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t pttl;
+    if (PKT_IS_IPV4(p)) {
+        pttl = IPV4_GET_IPTTL(p);
+    } else if (PKT_IS_IPV6(p)) {
+        pttl = IPV6_GET_HLIM(p);
+    } else {
+        SCLogDebug("Packet is of not IPv4 or IPv6");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const PrefilterPacketHeaderCtx *ctx = pectx;
+
+    if (TtlMatch(pttl, ctx->v1.u8[0], ctx->v1.u8[1], ctx->v1.u8[2]))
+    {
+        SCLogDebug("packet matches ttl/hl %u", pttl);
+        PrefilterAddSids(&det_ctx->pmq, ctx->sigs_array, ctx->sigs_cnt);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+PrefilterPacketTtlSet(PrefilterPacketHeaderValue *v, void *smctx)
+{
+    const DetectTtlData *a = smctx;
+    v->u8[0] = a->mode;
+    v->u8[1] = a->ttl1;
+    v->u8[2] = a->ttl2;
+}
+
+static _Bool
+PrefilterPacketTtlCompare(PrefilterPacketHeaderValue v, void *smctx)
+{
+    const DetectTtlData *a = smctx;
+    if (v.u8[0] == a->mode &&
+        v.u8[1] == a->ttl1 &&
+        v.u8[2] == a->ttl2)
+        return TRUE;
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+static int PrefilterSetupTtl(SigGroupHead *sgh)
+{
+    return PrefilterSetupPacketHeader(sgh, DETECT_TTL,
+            PrefilterPacketTtlSet,
+            PrefilterPacketTtlCompare,
+            PrefilterPacketTtlMatch);
+}
+
+static _Bool PrefilterTtlIsPrefilterable(const Signature *s)
+{
+    const SigMatch *sm;
+    for (sm = s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_MATCH] ; sm != NULL; sm = sm->next) {
+        switch (sm->type) {
+            case DETECT_TTL:
+                return TRUE;
+        }
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
 #include "detect-engine.h"
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"