diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.c b/src/detect-engine-register.c
index bbf8b916ae93..59ec8dd0aa19 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
 #include "detect-transform-casechange.h"
 #include "detect-transform-header-lowercase.h"
 #include "detect-transform-base64.h"
+#include "detect-transform-luaxform.h"
 
 #include "util-rule-vars.h"
 
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ void SigTableSetup(void)
     DetectTransformToUpperRegister();
     DetectTransformHeaderLowercaseRegister();
     DetectTransformFromBase64DecodeRegister();
+    DetectTransformLuaxformRegister();
 
     DetectFileHandlerRegister();
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.h b/src/detect-engine-register.h
index 7c3b5b4514b0..24b5ed94b440 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ enum DetectKeywordId {
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_TOUPPER,
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_HEADER_LOWERCASE,
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_FROM_BASE64,
+    DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM,
 
     DETECT_AL_IKE_EXCH_TYPE,
     DETECT_AL_IKE_SPI_INITIATOR,
diff --git a/src/detect-lua.c b/src/detect-lua.c
index 36f045f50394..f88c6657c9a0 100644
--- a/src/detect-lua.c
+++ b/src/detect-lua.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "util-var-name.h"
 
 #include "util-lua.h"
+#include "util-lua-common.h"
 #include "util-lua-sandbox.h"
 
 static int DetectLuaMatch (DetectEngineThreadCtx *,
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ static int DetectLuaSetup (DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, const char *);
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
 static void DetectLuaRegisterTests(void);
 #endif
-static void DetectLuaFree(DetectEngineCtx *, void *);
 static int g_smtp_generic_list_id = 0;
 
 /**
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ void DetectLuaRegister(void)
 #define FLAG_INSTRUCTION_LIMIT_LOGGED           BIT_U32(25)
 #define FLAG_MEMORY_LIMIT_LOGGED                BIT_U32(26)
 
-#define DEFAULT_LUA_ALLOC_LIMIT       500000
-#define DEFAULT_LUA_INSTRUCTION_LIMIT 500000
 
 #if 0
 /** \brief dump stack from lua state to screen */
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@ static int DetectLuaAppTxMatch (DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
 static const char *ut_script = NULL;
 #endif
 
-static void *DetectLuaThreadInit(void *data)
+void *DetectLuaThreadInit(void *data)
 {
     int status;
     DetectLuaData *lua = (DetectLuaData *)data;
@@ -534,7 +532,7 @@ static void *DetectLuaThreadInit(void *data)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void DetectLuaThreadFree(void *ctx)
+void DetectLuaThreadFree(void *ctx)
 {
     if (ctx != NULL) {
         DetectLuaThreadData *t = (DetectLuaThreadData *)ctx;
@@ -553,7 +551,7 @@ static void DetectLuaThreadFree(void *ctx)
  * \retval lua pointer to DetectLuaData on success
  * \retval NULL on failure
  */
-static DetectLuaData *DetectLuaParse (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, const char *str)
+DetectLuaData *DetectLuaParse (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, const char *str)
 {
     DetectLuaData *lua = NULL;
 
@@ -1041,7 +1039,7 @@ void DetectLuaPostSetup(Signature *s)
  *
  * \param ptr pointer to DetectLuaData
  */
-static void DetectLuaFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr)
+void DetectLuaFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr)
 {
     if (ptr != NULL) {
         DetectLuaData *lua = (DetectLuaData *)ptr;
@@ -1058,7 +1056,8 @@ static void DetectLuaFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr)
             VarNameStoreUnregister(lua->flowvar[i], VAR_TYPE_FLOW_VAR);
         }
 
-        DetectUnregisterThreadCtxFuncs(de_ctx, lua, "lua");
+        if (lua->thread_ctx_id)
+            DetectUnregisterThreadCtxFuncs(de_ctx, lua, "lua");
 
         SCFree(lua);
     }
diff --git a/src/detect-lua.h b/src/detect-lua.h
index b2ab6b9df579..b4342c02d78d 100644
--- a/src/detect-lua.h
+++ b/src/detect-lua.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct DetectLuaData {
     uint64_t alloc_limit;
     uint64_t instruction_limit;
     int allow_restricted_functions;
+    lua_State *luastate;
 } DetectLuaData;
 
 /* prototypes */
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ int DetectLuaMatchBuffer(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
         const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t buffer_len, uint32_t offset,
         Flow *f);
 
+DetectLuaData *DetectLuaParse (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, const char *str);
+void DetectLuaFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr);
 void DetectLuaPostSetup(Signature *s);
+void *DetectLuaThreadInit(void *data);
+void DetectLuaThreadFree(void *ctx);
 
 #endif /* SURICATA_DETECT_LUA_H */
diff --git a/src/util-lua-common.h b/src/util-lua-common.h
index 5d6ea41f4be4..4834f4fa7af9 100644
--- a/src/util-lua-common.h
+++ b/src/util-lua-common.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #ifndef SURICATA_UTIL_LUA_COMMON_H
 #define SURICATA_UTIL_LUA_COMMON_H
 
+#define DEFAULT_LUA_ALLOC_LIMIT       500000
+#define DEFAULT_LUA_INSTRUCTION_LIMIT 500000
+
 int LuaCallbackError(lua_State *luastate, const char *msg);
 const char *LuaGetStringArgument(lua_State *luastate, int argc);