diff --git a/src/detect-engine-threshold.h b/src/detect-engine-threshold.h
index 141d510a6e..b874ecb2fa 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-threshold.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-threshold.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "detect.h"
 #include "host.h"
 
+void ThresholdInit(void);
+
 int ThresholdHostStorageId(void);
 int ThresholdHostHasThreshold(Host *);
 
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
index 3318a17b43..585a71e4c7 100644
--- a/src/suricata.c
+++ b/src/suricata.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-fast-pattern.h"
 #include "detect-engine-tag.h"
+#include "detect-engine-threshold.h"
 #include "detect-engine-address.h"
 #include "detect-engine-port.h"
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"
@@ -1984,6 +1985,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     SCProtoNameInit();
 
     TagInitCtx();
+    ThresholdInit();
 
     if (DetectAddressTestConfVars() < 0) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_YAML_CONF_ENTRY,