diff --git a/src/detect-dce-iface.c b/src/detect-dce-iface.c
index acc6d51097..07530e5d12 100644
--- a/src/detect-dce-iface.c
+++ b/src/detect-dce-iface.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ void DetectDceIfaceRegister(void)
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_IFACE].Free  = DetectDceIfaceFree;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_IFACE].RegisterTests = DetectDceIfaceRegisterTests;
 
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_IFACE].flags |= SIGMATCH_PAYLOAD;
+
     parse_regex = pcre_compile(DETECT_DCE_IFACE_PCRE_PARSE_ARGS, opts, &eb,
                                &eo, NULL);
     if (parse_regex == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/detect-dce-opnum.c b/src/detect-dce-opnum.c
index 86d2f1cdb8..e543dbde5a 100644
--- a/src/detect-dce-opnum.c
+++ b/src/detect-dce-opnum.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ void DetectDceOpnumRegister(void)
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_OPNUM].Free  = DetectDceOpnumFree;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_OPNUM].RegisterTests = DetectDceOpnumRegisterTests;
 
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_OPNUM].flags |= SIGMATCH_PAYLOAD;
+
     parse_regex = pcre_compile(DETECT_DCE_OPNUM_PCRE_PARSE_ARGS, opts, &eb,
                                &eo, NULL);
     if (parse_regex == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/detect-dce-stub-data.c b/src/detect-dce-stub-data.c
index 55456ca51b..68e02c0b00 100644
--- a/src/detect-dce-stub-data.c
+++ b/src/detect-dce-stub-data.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ void DetectDceStubDataRegister(void)
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_STUB_DATA].Free  = NULL;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_STUB_DATA].RegisterTests = DetectDceStubDataRegisterTests;
 
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_DCE_STUB_DATA].flags |= SIGMATCH_PAYLOAD;
+
     return;
 }