diff --git a/rust/Makefile.am b/rust/Makefile.am
index 7b1ff85ee3..48da425b90 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.am
+++ b/rust/Makefile.am
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ if HAVE_BINDGEN
 		--allowlist-function 'AppProto.*' \
 		--allowlist-function 'File.*' \
 		--allowlist-type 'SC.*' \
+		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerEventType' \
 		--allowlist-function 'SC.*' \
 		--allowlist-var 'SC.*' \
 		--opaque-type 'SCConfNode' \
diff --git a/rust/src/core.rs b/rust/src/core.rs
index d9f961c6d8..f3a226ac9f 100644
--- a/rust/src/core.rs
+++ b/rust/src/core.rs
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@ use suricata_sys::sys::SCAppLayerParserTriggerRawStreamInspection;
 
 use crate::flow::Flow;
 
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
-#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-pub enum AppLayerEventType {
-    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION = 1,
-    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_PACKET = 2,
-}
+pub use suricata_sys::sys::AppLayerEventType;
 
 pub const STREAM_START:    u8 = 0x01;
 pub const STREAM_EOF:      u8 = 0x02;
diff --git a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
index 7be2a12b42..db88a85ef8 100644
--- a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
+++ b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
@@ -925,14 +925,49 @@ extern "C" {
 extern "C" {
     pub fn AppProtoDetectListNames();
 }
+#[doc = " \\brief Data structure to store app layer decoder events."]
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
+    pub events: *mut u8,
+    pub cnt: u8,
+    pub events_buffer_size: u8,
+    pub event_last_logged: u8,
+}
+impl Default for AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let mut s = ::std::mem::MaybeUninit::<Self>::uninit();
+        unsafe {
+            ::std::ptr::write_bytes(s.as_mut_ptr(), 0, 1);
+            s.assume_init()
+        }
+    }
+}
+#[doc = " \\brief Data structure to store app layer decoder events."]
+pub type AppLayerDecoderEvents = AppLayerDecoderEvents_;
+#[repr(u32)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum AppLayerEventType {
+    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION = 1,
+    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_PACKET = 2,
+}
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn SCAppLayerDecoderEventsSetEventRaw(sevents: *mut *mut AppLayerDecoderEvents, event: u8);
+}
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn SCAppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents(events: *mut *mut AppLayerDecoderEvents);
+}
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn SCAppLayerGetEventIdByName(
+        event_name: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char, table: *mut SCEnumCharMap, event_id: *mut u8,
+    ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct AppLayerParserState_ {
     _unused: [u8; 0],
 }
 pub type AppLayerParserState = AppLayerParserState_;
-#[doc = " \\brief Data structure to store app layer decoder events."]
-pub type AppLayerDecoderEvents = AppLayerDecoderEvents_;
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct File_ {
@@ -1015,35 +1050,6 @@ extern "C" {
         proto_name: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char, proto_alias: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
     ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
 }
-#[doc = " \\brief Data structure to store app layer decoder events."]
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
-    pub events: *mut u8,
-    pub cnt: u8,
-    pub events_buffer_size: u8,
-    pub event_last_logged: u8,
-}
-impl Default for AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        let mut s = ::std::mem::MaybeUninit::<Self>::uninit();
-        unsafe {
-            ::std::ptr::write_bytes(s.as_mut_ptr(), 0, 1);
-            s.assume_init()
-        }
-    }
-}
-extern "C" {
-    pub fn SCAppLayerDecoderEventsSetEventRaw(sevents: *mut *mut AppLayerDecoderEvents, event: u8);
-}
-extern "C" {
-    pub fn SCAppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents(events: *mut *mut AppLayerDecoderEvents);
-}
-extern "C" {
-    pub fn SCAppLayerGetEventIdByName(
-        event_name: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char, table: *mut SCEnumCharMap, event_id: *mut u8,
-    ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
-}
 extern "C" {
     pub fn SCHTTP2MimicHttp1Request(
         arg1: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_void, arg2: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_void,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-events.h b/src/app-layer-events.h
index 6c81d31c3d..736e218a9f 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-events.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-events.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 /**
  * \brief Data structure to store app layer decoder events.
  */
-struct AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
+typedef struct AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
     /* array of events */
     uint8_t *events;
     /* number of events in the above buffer */
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct AppLayerDecoderEvents_ {
     uint8_t events_buffer_size;
     /* last logged */
     uint8_t event_last_logged;
-};
+} AppLayerDecoderEvents;
 
 /* app layer pkt level events */
 enum {
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ enum {
     APPLAYER_UNEXPECTED_PROTOCOL,
 };
 
+typedef enum AppLayerEventType {
+    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION = 1,
+    APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_PACKET = 2,
+} AppLayerEventType;
+
 int AppLayerGetPktEventInfo(const char *event_name, uint8_t *event_id);
 
 int AppLayerGetEventInfoById(
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.h b/src/app-layer-parser.h
index 4432cfa35d..36c66626aa 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define SURICATA_APP_LAYER_PARSER_H
 
 #include "app-layer-protos.h"
+#include "app-layer-events.h"
 // Forward declarations for bindgen
 enum ConfigAction;
 typedef struct Flow_ Flow;
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ typedef struct AppLayerResult AppLayerResult;
 typedef struct AppLayerGetTxIterTuple AppLayerGetTxIterTuple;
 typedef struct AppLayerGetFileState AppLayerGetFileState;
 typedef struct AppLayerTxData AppLayerTxData;
-typedef enum AppLayerEventType AppLayerEventType;
 typedef struct AppLayerStateData AppLayerStateData;
 typedef struct AppLayerTxConfig AppLayerTxConfig;
 
diff --git a/src/rust.h b/src/rust.h
index a48c616a9a..10ff59349b 100644
--- a/src/rust.h
+++ b/src/rust.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef struct HttpRangeContainerBlock HttpRangeContainerBlock;
 typedef struct Dataset Dataset;
 
 typedef struct DetectEngineState_ DetectEngineState;
+typedef enum AppLayerEventType AppLayerEventType;
 
 // may be improved by smaller include
 #include "detect.h"