diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.c b/src/detect-engine-address.c
index 3c8974f491..dfa12842e9 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,81 @@ int DetectAddressCmp(DetectAddress *a, DetectAddress *b)
     return ADDRESS_ER;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  \brief Match a packets address against a signatures addrs array
+ *
+ *  \param addrs array of DetectMatchAddressIPv4's
+ *  \param addrs_cnt array size in members
+ *  \param a packets address
+ *
+ *  \retval 0 no match
+ *  \retval 1 match
+ *
+ *  \note addresses in addrs are in host order
+ *
+ *  \todo array should be ordered, so we can break out of the loop
+ */
+int DetectAddressMatchIPv4(DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *addrs, uint16_t addrs_cnt, Address *a) {
+    SCEnter();
+
+    if (addrs == NULL || addrs_cnt == 0) {
+        SCReturnInt(0);
+    }
+
+    uint16_t idx;
+    for (idx = 0; idx < addrs_cnt; idx++) {
+        if (ntohl(a->addr_data32[0]) >= addrs[idx].ip &&
+            ntohl(a->addr_data32[0]) <= addrs[idx].ip2)
+        {
+            SCReturnInt(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SCReturnInt(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ *  \brief Match a packets address against a signatures addrs array
+ *
+ *  \param addrs array of DetectMatchAddressIPv6's
+ *  \param addrs_cnt array size in members
+ *  \param a packets address
+ *
+ *  \retval 0 no match
+ *  \retval 1 match
+ *
+ *  \note addresses in addrs are in host order
+ *
+ *  \todo array should be ordered, so we can break out of the loop
+ */
+int DetectAddressMatchIPv6(DetectMatchAddressIPv6 *addrs, uint16_t addrs_cnt, Address *a) {
+    SCEnter();
+
+    if (addrs == NULL || addrs_cnt == 0) {
+        SCReturnInt(0);
+    }
+
+    uint16_t idx;
+    for (idx = 0; idx < addrs_cnt; idx++) {
+        if ((ntohl(a->addr_data32[0]) >= addrs[idx].ip[0] &&
+             ntohl(a->addr_data32[0]) <= addrs[idx].ip2[0]) &&
+
+            (ntohl(a->addr_data32[1]) >= addrs[idx].ip[1] &&
+             ntohl(a->addr_data32[1]) <= addrs[idx].ip2[1]) &&
+
+            (ntohl(a->addr_data32[2]) >= addrs[idx].ip[2] &&
+             ntohl(a->addr_data32[2]) <= addrs[idx].ip2[2]) &&
+
+            (ntohl(a->addr_data32[3]) >= addrs[idx].ip[3] &&
+             ntohl(a->addr_data32[3]) <= addrs[idx].ip2[3]))
+        {
+            SCReturnInt(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SCReturnInt(0);
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Check if a particular address(ipv4 or ipv6) matches the address
  *        range in the DetectAddress instance.
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.h b/src/detect-engine-address.h
index fd10cde254..ab83716a10 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.h
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ DetectAddress *DetectAddressCopy(DetectAddress *);
 void DetectAddressPrint(DetectAddress *);
 int DetectAddressCmp(DetectAddress *, DetectAddress *);
 
+int DetectAddressMatchIPv4(DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *, uint16_t, Address *);
+int DetectAddressMatchIPv6(DetectMatchAddressIPv6 *, uint16_t, Address *);
 #endif /* __DETECT_ADDRESS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 54ceddba3f..5d28875c5f 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -1057,11 +1057,128 @@ void SigFree(Signature *s) {
     if (s->msg != NULL)
         SCFree(s->msg);
 
+    if (s->addr_src_match4 != NULL) {
+        SCFree(s->addr_src_match4);
+    }
+    if (s->addr_dst_match4 != NULL) {
+        SCFree(s->addr_dst_match4);
+    }
+    if (s->addr_src_match6 != NULL) {
+        SCFree(s->addr_src_match6);
+    }
+    if (s->addr_dst_match6 != NULL) {
+        SCFree(s->addr_dst_match6);
+    }
+
     SigRefFree(s);
 
     SCFree(s);
 }
 
+/**
+ *  \internal
+ *  \brief build address match array for cache efficient matching
+ *
+ *  \param s the signature
+ */
+static void SigBuildAddressMatchArray(Signature *s) {
+    /* source addresses */
+    uint16_t cnt = 0;
+    uint16_t idx = 0;
+    DetectAddress *da = s->src.ipv4_head;
+    for ( ; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+        cnt++;
+    }
+    if (cnt > 0) {
+        s->addr_src_match4 = SCMalloc(cnt * sizeof(DetectMatchAddressIPv4));
+        if (s->addr_src_match4 == NULL) {
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+        for (da = s->src.ipv4_head; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+            s->addr_src_match4[idx].ip = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_src_match4[idx].ip2 = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[0]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        s->addr_src_match4_cnt = cnt;
+    }
+
+    /* destination addresses */
+    cnt = 0;
+    idx = 0;
+    da = s->dst.ipv4_head;
+    for ( ; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+        cnt++;
+    }
+    if (cnt > 0) {
+        s->addr_dst_match4 = SCMalloc(cnt * sizeof(DetectMatchAddressIPv4));
+        if (s->addr_dst_match4 == NULL) {
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+        for (da = s->dst.ipv4_head; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+            s->addr_dst_match4[idx].ip = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_dst_match4[idx].ip2 = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[0]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        s->addr_dst_match4_cnt = cnt;
+    }
+
+    /* source addresses IPv6 */
+    cnt = 0;
+    idx = 0;
+    da = s->src.ipv6_head;
+    for ( ; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+        cnt++;
+    }
+    if (cnt > 0) {
+        s->addr_src_match6 = SCMalloc(cnt * sizeof(DetectMatchAddressIPv6));
+        if (s->addr_src_match6 == NULL) {
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+        for (da = s->src.ipv6_head; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip[0] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip[1] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[1]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip[2] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[2]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip[3] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[3]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip2[0] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip2[1] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[1]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip2[2] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[2]);
+            s->addr_src_match6[idx].ip2[3] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[3]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        s->addr_src_match6_cnt = cnt;
+    }
+
+    /* destination addresses IPv6 */
+    cnt = 0;
+    idx = 0;
+    da = s->dst.ipv6_head;
+    for ( ; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+        cnt++;
+    }
+    if (cnt > 0) {
+        s->addr_dst_match6 = SCMalloc(cnt * sizeof(DetectMatchAddressIPv6));
+        if (s->addr_dst_match6 == NULL) {
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+        for (da = s->dst.ipv6_head; da != NULL; da = da->next) {
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip[0] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip[1] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[1]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip[2] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[2]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip[3] = ntohl(da->ip.addr_data32[3]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip2[0] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[0]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip2[1] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[1]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip2[2] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[2]);
+            s->addr_dst_match6[idx].ip2[3] = ntohl(da->ip2.addr_data32[3]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        s->addr_dst_match6_cnt = cnt;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Parses a signature and adds it to the Detection Engine Context
  * This function is going to be deprecated. Should use DetectEngineAppendSig()
@@ -1179,6 +1296,8 @@ Signature *SigInit(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *sigstr) {
         sig->id, sig->flags & SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER ? "set" : "not set",
         sig->flags & SIG_FLAG_PACKET ? "set" : "not set");
 
+    SigBuildAddressMatchArray(sig);
+
     SCReturnPtr(sig, "Signature");
 
 error:
@@ -1355,6 +1474,8 @@ Signature *SigInitReal(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *sigstr) {
     if (sig->amatch)
         sig->flags |= SIG_FLAG_AMATCH;
 
+    SigBuildAddressMatchArray(sig);
+
     SCLogDebug("sig %"PRIu32" SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER: %s, SIG_FLAG_PACKET: %s",
         sig->id, sig->flags & SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER ? "set" : "not set",
         sig->flags & SIG_FLAG_PACKET ? "set" : "not set");
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 595d516149..5923331c09 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -856,18 +856,22 @@ int SigMatchSignatures(ThreadVars *th_v, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineTh
 
         /* check the destination address */
         if (!(s->flags & SIG_FLAG_DST_ANY)) {
-            DetectAddress *daddr = DetectAddressLookupInHead(&s->dst,&p->dst);
-            if (daddr == NULL) {
-                SCLogDebug("dst addr didn't match.");
-                goto next;
+            if (PKT_IS_IPV4(p)) {
+                if (DetectAddressMatchIPv4(s->addr_dst_match4, s->addr_dst_match4_cnt, &p->dst) == 0)
+                    goto next;
+            } else if (PKT_IS_IPV6(p)) {
+                if (DetectAddressMatchIPv6(s->addr_dst_match6, s->addr_dst_match6_cnt, &p->dst) == 0)
+                    goto next;
             }
         }
         /* check the source address */
         if (!(s->flags & SIG_FLAG_SRC_ANY)) {
-            DetectAddress *saddr = DetectAddressLookupInHead(&s->src,&p->src);
-            if (saddr == NULL) {
-                SCLogDebug("src addr didn't match.");
-                goto next;
+            if (PKT_IS_IPV4(p)) {
+                if (DetectAddressMatchIPv4(s->addr_src_match4, s->addr_src_match4_cnt, &p->src) == 0)
+                    goto next;
+            } else if (PKT_IS_IPV6(p)) {
+                if (DetectAddressMatchIPv6(s->addr_src_match6, s->addr_src_match6_cnt, &p->src) == 0)
+                    goto next;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 73cb160a02..bfcdecfce8 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ typedef struct DetectAddressHead_ {
     DetectAddress *ipv6_head;
 } DetectAddressHead;
 
+typedef struct DetectMatchAddressIPv4_ {
+    uint32_t ip;    /**< address in host order, start of range */
+    uint32_t ip2;   /**< address in host order, end of range */
+} DetectMatchAddressIPv4;
+
+typedef struct DetectMatchAddressIPv6_ {
+    uint32_t ip[4];
+    uint32_t ip2[4];
+} DetectMatchAddressIPv6;
+
 /*
  * DETECT PORT
  */
@@ -253,8 +263,17 @@ typedef struct Signature_ {
 
     SigIntId num; /**< signature number, internal id */
 
-    /** address settings for this signature */
-    DetectAddressHead src, dst;
+    /** ipv4 match arrays */
+    DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *addr_dst_match4;
+    uint16_t addr_dst_match4_cnt;
+    DetectMatchAddressIPv4 *addr_src_match4;
+    uint16_t addr_src_match4_cnt;
+    /** ipv6 match arrays */
+    DetectMatchAddressIPv6 *addr_dst_match6;
+    uint16_t addr_dst_match6_cnt;
+    DetectMatchAddressIPv6 *addr_src_match6;
+    uint16_t addr_src_match6_cnt;
+
     /** port settings for this signature */
     DetectPort *sp, *dp;
 
@@ -321,6 +340,9 @@ typedef struct Signature_ {
 #ifdef PROFILING
     uint16_t profiling_id;
 #endif
+
+    /** address settings for this signature */
+    DetectAddressHead src, dst;
 } Signature;
 
 typedef struct DetectEngineIPOnlyThreadCtx_ {