diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e6d03c809..df0e85c317 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1415,13 +1415,22 @@
         AC_CHECK_FUNCS([bpf_xdp_query_id])
     ])
 
+  # Optional libnuma probe (used for memory affinity binding, also
+  # mandatory for DPDK and Napatech below). Sets HAVE_LIBNUMA and links
+  # -lnuma when available.
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(numa, numa_available, [
+        have_libnuma=yes
+        AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBNUMA], [1], [Define to 1 if you have libnuma.])
+        LIBS="${LIBS} -lnuma"
+    ], [have_libnuma=no])
+
   # DPDK support
     enable_dpdk_bond_pmd="no"
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(dpdk,
             AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-dpdk], [Enable DPDK support [default=no]]),
                         [enable_dpdk=$enableval],[enable_dpdk=no])
     AS_IF([test "x$enable_dpdk" = "xyes"], [
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(numa, numa_available,, [numa_found="no"])
+        if test "$have_libnuma" = "no"; then numa_found="no"; fi
         if test "$numa_found" = "no"; then
             echo
             echo "  ERROR! libnuma not found by pkg-config, go get it"
diff --git a/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst b/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
index c0f6e493da..4b33a64fd8 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
@@ -889,6 +889,17 @@ packets to process. The detect threads running on other cores will
 process more packets. This is only the case after setting the option
 to 'yes'.
 
+On NUMA systems where ``set-cpu-affinity`` is enabled you can also opt
+into binding each thread's memory to its local NUMA node so per-flow,
+per-thread and packet pool allocations stay on the same node as the
+worker CPU::
+
+  set-memory-affinity: yes
+
+This requires Suricata to be built with libnuma (already pulled in by
+``--enable-dpdk`` and the Napatech build). On a single NUMA node system
+the option has no effect.
+
 *Example 7	Balancing workload*
 
 .. image:: suricata-yaml/balancing_workload.png
diff --git a/src/runmodes.c b/src/runmodes.c
index 6a004a33f5..85f4de1a32 100644
--- a/src/runmodes.c
+++ b/src/runmodes.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
 int debuglog_enabled = 0;
 bool threading_set_cpu_affinity = false;
+bool threading_set_memory_affinity = false;
 uint64_t threading_set_stack_size = 0;
 
 /* Runmode Global Thread Names */
@@ -968,6 +969,25 @@ void RunModeInitializeThreadSettings(void)
     if (threading_set_cpu_affinity) {
         AffinitySetupLoadFromConfig();
     }
+
+    int memory_affinity = 0;
+    if ((SCConfGetBool("threading.set-memory-affinity", &memory_affinity)) == 0) {
+        threading_set_memory_affinity = false;
+    } else {
+        threading_set_memory_affinity = memory_affinity == 1;
+    }
+    if (threading_set_memory_affinity && !threading_set_cpu_affinity) {
+        SCLogWarning("threading.set-memory-affinity has no effect without "
+                     "threading.set-cpu-affinity, ignoring");
+        threading_set_memory_affinity = false;
+    }
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBNUMA
+    if (threading_set_memory_affinity) {
+        SCLogWarning("threading.set-memory-affinity requested but Suricata "
+                     "was built without libnuma, ignoring");
+        threading_set_memory_affinity = false;
+    }
+#endif
     if ((SCConfGetFloat("threading.detect-thread-ratio", &threading_detect_ratio)) != 1) {
         if (SCConfGetNode("threading.detect-thread-ratio") != NULL)
             WarnInvalidConfEntry("threading.detect-thread-ratio", "%s", "1");
diff --git a/src/runmodes.h b/src/runmodes.h
index 4d11413550..ed05fea082 100644
--- a/src/runmodes.h
+++ b/src/runmodes.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ void RunModeEnablesBypassManager(void);
 int RunModeNeedsBypassManager(void);
 
 extern bool threading_set_cpu_affinity;
+extern bool threading_set_memory_affinity;
 extern float threading_detect_ratio;
 extern uint64_t threading_set_stack_size;
 
diff --git a/src/tm-threads.c b/src/tm-threads.c
index 8897d07601..6ed3fafa93 100644
--- a/src/tm-threads.c
+++ b/src/tm-threads.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 #include "util-validate.h"
 #include "source-pcap-file-helper.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBNUMA
+#include <numa.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef PROFILE_LOCKING
 thread_local uint64_t mutex_lock_contention;
 thread_local uint64_t mutex_lock_wait_ticks;
@@ -864,6 +868,33 @@ int TmThreadGetNbThreads(uint8_t type)
     return thread_affinity[type].nb_threads;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Bind subsequent allocations on this thread to the local NUMA node.
+ *
+ * Must be called after the thread's CPU affinity has been pinned. Uses
+ * MPOL_LOCAL (via numa_set_localalloc) so allocations prefer the node of
+ * the running CPU but can fall back to other nodes when local memory is
+ * exhausted. No-op when libnuma is not compiled in or the system has a
+ * single NUMA node.
+ */
+static void SetMemoryAffinityLocal(const char *name)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBNUMA
+    if (!threading_set_memory_affinity)
+        return;
+    if (numa_available() == -1)
+        return;
+    if (numa_max_node() < 1)
+        return;
+    numa_set_localalloc();
+    SCLogPerf("Setting memory affinity for thread \"%s\" to local NUMA node, "
+              "thread id %lu",
+            name, SCGetThreadIdLong());
+#else
+    (void)name;
+#endif
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Set the thread options (cpu affinitythread).
  *        Priority should be already set by pthread_create.
@@ -877,6 +908,7 @@ TmEcode TmThreadSetupOptions(ThreadVars *tv)
                   "%"PRIu16", thread id %lu", tv->name, tv->cpu_affinity,
                   SCGetThreadIdLong());
         SetCPUAffinity(tv->cpu_affinity);
+        SetMemoryAffinityLocal(tv->name);
     }
 
 #if !defined __CYGWIN__ && !defined OS_WIN32 && !defined __OpenBSD__ && !defined __sun
@@ -923,6 +955,7 @@ TmEcode TmThreadSetupOptions(ThreadVars *tv)
                       "thread id %lu", tv->thread_priority,
                       tv->name, SCGetThreadIdLong());
         }
+        SetMemoryAffinityLocal(tv->name);
         TmThreadSetPrio(tv);
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index 49c1df696c..92e6ad598d 100644
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -1939,6 +1939,12 @@ spm-algo: auto
 # Suricata is multi-threaded. Here the threading can be influenced.
 threading:
   set-cpu-affinity: no
+  # When set-cpu-affinity is enabled, also bind thread heap allocations
+  # to the local NUMA node so per-flow, per-thread and packet pool memory
+  # stays on the same NUMA as the worker CPU. Requires libnuma at build
+  # time (already present when DPDK or Napatech is enabled). Has no effect
+  # on single-NUMA systems.
+  set-memory-affinity: no
   autopin: no
   # Tune cpu affinity of threads. Each family of threads can be bound
   # to specific CPUs.