diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 0c95ba9ba5..60495d82ef 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -6349,6 +6349,68 @@ end:
     return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \test SigTest41Negation01 is a test to check that we don't allow invalid negation options
+ */
+
+static int SigTest41Negation01 (void) {
+    int result = 1;
+    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx;
+    Signature *s=NULL;
+
+    de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
+    if (de_ctx == NULL)
+        goto end;
+    de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
+
+    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp !any any -> any any (msg:\"SigTest41-01 src address is !any \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410001; rev:1;)");
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        printf("We set src ip to !any and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+        SigFree(s);
+        result = 0;
+    }
+
+    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any !any -> any any (msg:\"SigTest41-02 src ip is !any \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410002; rev:1;)");
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        printf("We set src port to !any and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+        SigFree(s);
+        result = 0;
+    }
+
+    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any [80:!80] (msg:\"SigTest41-03 dst port [80:!80] \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410003; rev:1;)");
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        printf("We set dst port to [80:!80] and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+        SigFree(s);
+        result = 0;
+    }
+
+    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.2] any (msg:\"SigTest41-04 dst ip [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.2] \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410004; rev:1;)");
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        printf("We set dst ip to [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.2] and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+        SigFree(s);
+        result = 0;
+    }
+
+    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any [100:1000,!1:20000] (msg:\"SigTest41-05 dst port [100:1000,!1:20000] \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410005; rev:1;)");
+    if (s != NULL) {
+        printf("We set dst port to [100:1000,!1:20000] and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+        SigFree(s);
+        result = 0;
+    }
+
+   s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.0/24] any (msg:\"SigTest41-06 dst ip [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.0/24] \"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:410006; rev:1;)");
+   if (s != NULL) {
+       printf("We set dst ip to [192.168.0.2,!192.168.0.0/24] and the sig was parsed successfully: ");
+       SigFree(s);
+       result = 0;
+   }
+
+end:
+    if (de_ctx != NULL)
+        DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+    return result;
+}
+
 #endif /* UNITTESTS */
 
 void SigRegisterTests(void) {
@@ -6500,6 +6562,8 @@ void SigRegisterTests(void) {
     UtRegisterTest("SigTest40SignatureIsIPOnly02", SigTest40IPOnly02, 1);
     UtRegisterTest("SigTest40SignatureIsIPOnly03", SigTest40IPOnly03, 1);
 
+    UtRegisterTest("SigTestSignature41Negation01", SigTest41Negation01, 1);
+
 #endif /* UNITTESTS */
 }