diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index c77864dcb8..d4ccc2cb11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -1526,6 +1526,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/lah.profraw"
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o lah.profdata /tmp/lah.profraw
+      - run: ./src/suricata --list-rule-protos -l /tmp
+        env:
+          LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/lah.profraw"
+      - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o lah.profdata /tmp/lah.profraw
       - run: ./src/suricata --dump-features -c suricata.yaml -l /tmp
         env:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/dumpfeatures.profraw"
diff --git a/doc/userguide/rules/intro.rst b/doc/userguide/rules/intro.rst
index 7b765d6b90..212c2485e7 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/rules/intro.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/rules/intro.rst
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ you can pick from. These are:
 * websocket
 * pgsql
 
+This list of protocols can be obtained via ``suricata --list-rule-protos``.
+
 The availability of these protocols depends on whether the protocol
 is enabled in the configuration file, suricata.yaml.
 
diff --git a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
index b4e24106cc..fed5b460b7 100644
--- a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
+++ b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
@@ -883,6 +883,9 @@ extern "C" {
         default_enabled: bool,
     ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
 }
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn AppProtoDetectListNames();
+}
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct AppLayerParserState_ {
diff --git a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
index e00b4d2dd1..91f0d7bc92 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
@@ -1696,6 +1696,22 @@ int AppLayerProtoDetectSetup(void)
     SCReturnInt(0);
 }
 
+void AppProtoDetectListNames(void)
+{
+    if (alpd_ctx.alproto_names[ALPROTO_HTTP1] || alpd_ctx.alproto_names[ALPROTO_HTTP2]) {
+        printf("http\n");
+    }
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < alpd_ctx.alproto_names_len; i++) {
+        if (alpd_ctx.alproto_names[i]) {
+            if (i == ALPROTO_HTTP1) {
+                printf("http1\n");
+            } else {
+                printf("%s\n", alpd_ctx.alproto_names[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * \todo incomplete.  Need more work.
  */
diff --git a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
index 0c68d0dcd7..52737e9c25 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ void AppLayerProtoDetectSupportedAppProtocols(AppProto *alprotos);
 
 void AppLayerRegisterExpectationProto(uint8_t proto, AppProto alproto);
 
+void AppProtoDetectListNames(void);
+
 /***** Unittests *****/
 
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-proto.c b/src/detect-engine-proto.c
index 4e7ab9ff07..18cb3c4358 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-proto.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-proto.c
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ struct {
     { "pkthdr", 0, 0, DETECT_PROTO_ANY },
 };
 
+void DetectEngineProtoList(void)
+{
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(proto_table); i++) {
+        printf("%s\n", proto_table[i].name);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Parses a protocol sent as a string.
  *
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-proto.h b/src/detect-engine-proto.h
index 95089a23e7..81a06cf49c 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-proto.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-proto.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef struct DetectProto_ {
 /* prototypes */
 int DetectProtoParse(DetectProto *dp, const char *str);
 int DetectProtoContainsProto(const DetectProto *, int);
+void DetectEngineProtoList(void);
 
 void DetectProtoTests(void);
 
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 7dab386a02..ee98977600 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,13 @@ static int SigParseProtoHookApp(Signature *s, const char *proto_hook, const char
     return 0;
 }
 
+void DetectListSupportedProtocols(void)
+{
+    printf("=========Supported Rule Protocols=========\n");
+    DetectEngineProtoList();
+    AppProtoDetectListNames();
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Parses the protocol supplied by the Signature.
  *
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.h b/src/detect-parse.h
index 5406972994..706f2eae8d 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.h
+++ b/src/detect-parse.h
@@ -113,5 +113,6 @@ int SC_Pcre2SubstringGet(pcre2_match_data *match_data, uint32_t number, PCRE2_UC
 #endif
 
 void DetectRegisterAppLayerHookLists(void);
+void DetectListSupportedProtocols(void);
 
 #endif /* SURICATA_DETECT_PARSE_H */
diff --git a/src/runmodes.h b/src/runmodes.h
index 1c8a659e4e..4eab059987 100644
--- a/src/runmodes.h
+++ b/src/runmodes.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ typedef enum SCRunModes {
     RUNMODE_USER_MAX, /* Last standard running mode */
     RUNMODE_LIST_KEYWORDS,
     RUNMODE_LIST_APP_LAYERS,
+    RUNMODE_LIST_RULE_PROTOS,
     RUNMODE_LIST_APP_LAYER_HOOKS,
     RUNMODE_LIST_RUNMODES,
     RUNMODE_PRINT_VERSION,
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
index 161b7b9ca9..941a9049d8 100644
--- a/src/suricata.c
+++ b/src/suricata.c
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ static void PrintUsage(const char *progname)
     printf("\t--list-keywords[=all|csv|<kword>]    : list keywords implemented by the engine\n");
     printf("\t--list-runmodes                      : list supported runmodes\n");
     printf("\t--list-app-layer-protos              : list supported app layer protocols\n");
+    printf("\t--list-rule-protos                   : list supported rule protocols\n");
     printf("\t--list-app-layer-hooks               : list supported app layer hooks for use in "
            "rules\n");
     printf("\t--dump-config                        : show the running configuration\n");
@@ -1374,6 +1375,7 @@ TmEcode SCParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)
     int dump_config = 0;
     int dump_features = 0;
     int list_app_layer_protocols = 0;
+    int list_rule_protocols = 0;
     int list_app_layer_hooks = 0;
     int list_unittests = 0;
     int list_runmodes = 0;
@@ -1423,6 +1425,7 @@ TmEcode SCParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)
         {"pcap-buffer-size", required_argument, 0, 0},
         {"unittest-filter", required_argument, 0, 'U'},
         {"list-app-layer-protos", 0, &list_app_layer_protocols, 1},
+        {"list-rule-protos", 0, &list_rule_protocols, 1},
         {"list-app-layer-hooks", 0, &list_app_layer_hooks, 1},
         {"list-unittests", 0, &list_unittests, 1},
         {"list-runmodes", 0, &list_runmodes, 1},
@@ -2121,6 +2124,8 @@ TmEcode SCParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (list_app_layer_protocols)
         suri->run_mode = RUNMODE_LIST_APP_LAYERS;
+    if (list_rule_protocols)
+        suri->run_mode = RUNMODE_LIST_RULE_PROTOS;
     if (list_app_layer_hooks)
         suri->run_mode = RUNMODE_LIST_APP_LAYER_HOOKS;
     if (list_keywords)
@@ -2393,6 +2398,12 @@ int SCStartInternalRunMode(int argc, char **argv)
     switch (suri->run_mode) {
         case RUNMODE_LIST_KEYWORDS:
             return ListKeywords(suri->keyword_info);
+        case RUNMODE_LIST_RULE_PROTOS:
+            if (suri->conf_filename != NULL) {
+                return ListRuleProtocols(suri->conf_filename);
+            } else {
+                return ListRuleProtocols(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE);
+            }
         case RUNMODE_LIST_APP_LAYERS:
             if (suri->conf_filename != NULL) {
                 return ListAppLayerProtocols(suri->conf_filename);
diff --git a/src/util-running-modes.c b/src/util-running-modes.c
index defe81ac51..14f22dede9 100644
--- a/src/util-running-modes.c
+++ b/src/util-running-modes.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "app-layer.h"
 #include "app-layer-parser.h"
 #include "detect-engine.h"
+#include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "util-unittest.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
 #include "conf-yaml-loader.h"
@@ -55,6 +56,19 @@ int ListAppLayerProtocols(const char *conf_filename)
     return TM_ECODE_DONE;
 }
 
+int ListRuleProtocols(const char *conf_filename)
+{
+    EngineModeSetIDS();
+    if (SCConfYamlLoadFile(conf_filename) != -1)
+        SCLogLoadConfig(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    MpmTableSetup();
+    SpmTableSetup();
+    AppLayerSetup();
+    DetectListSupportedProtocols();
+
+    return TM_ECODE_DONE;
+}
+
 static bool IsBuiltIn(const char *n)
 {
     if (strcmp(n, "request_started") == 0 || strcmp(n, "response_started") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/util-running-modes.h b/src/util-running-modes.h
index 781c58a72d..62623ccc16 100644
--- a/src/util-running-modes.h
+++ b/src/util-running-modes.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 int ListKeywords(const char *keyword_info);
 int ListAppLayerProtocols(const char *conf_filename);
+int ListRuleProtocols(const char *conf_filename);
 int ListAppLayerHooks(const char *conf_filename);
 
 #endif /* SURICATA_UTIL_RUNNING_MODES_H */