diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index f502190573..81fbfcf38c 100755
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
 	detect-tls.h \
 	detect-tos.h \
 	detect-transform-base64.h \
+	detect-transform-luaxform.h \
 	detect-transform-pcrexform.h \
 	detect-ttl.h \
 	detect-udphdr.h \
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@ libsuricata_c_a_SOURCES = \
 	detect-tls.c \
 	detect-tos.c \
 	detect-transform-base64.c \
+	detect-transform-luaxform.c \
 	detect-transform-pcrexform.c \
 	detect-ttl.c \
 	detect-udphdr.c \
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.c b/src/detect-engine-register.c
index c8a096308f..1fc07061e9 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 
 #include "detect-transform-pcrexform.h"
 #include "detect-transform-base64.h"
+#include "detect-transform-luaxform.h"
 
 #include "util-rule-vars.h"
 
@@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ void SigTableSetup(void)
     DetectTransformHeaderLowercaseRegister();
     DetectTransformFromBase64DecodeRegister();
     SCDetectTransformDomainRegister();
+    DetectTransformLuaxformRegister();
 
     DetectFileHandlerRegister();
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.h b/src/detect-engine-register.h
index 11f033635b..dcb4589259 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ enum DetectKeywordId {
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_TOUPPER,
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_HEADER_LOWERCASE,
     DETECT_TRANSFORM_FROM_BASE64,
+    DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM,
 
     DETECT_IKE_EXCH_TYPE,
     DETECT_IKE_SPI_INITIATOR,
diff --git a/src/detect-lua.c b/src/detect-lua.c
index b86a84de95..2c5ae176fe 100644
--- a/src/detect-lua.c
+++ b/src/detect-lua.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 
 #include "util-lua.h"
 #include "util-lua-builtins.h"
+#include "util-lua-common.h"
 #include "util-lua-sandbox.h"
 
 static int DetectLuaMatch (DetectEngineThreadCtx *,
diff --git a/src/detect-transform-luaxform.c b/src/detect-transform-luaxform.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24318f4419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-transform-luaxform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2024 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author Jeff Lucovsky <jlucovsky@oisf.net>
+ *
+ * Implements the luxaform transform keyword
+ */
+
+#include "suricata-common.h"
+
+#include "detect.h"
+#include "detect-engine.h"
+#include "detect-engine-buffer.h"
+#include "detect-parse.h"
+#include "detect-lua.h"
+#include "detect-transform-luaxform.h"
+#include "detect-lua-extensions.h"
+
+#include "util-lua.h"
+#include "util-lua-common.h"
+#include "util-lua-builtins.h"
+
+static int DetectTransformLuaxformSetup(DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, const char *);
+static void DetectTransformLuaxformFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr);
+static void TransformLuaxform(
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, InspectionBuffer *buffer, void *options);
+
+#define LUAXFORM_MAX_ARGS 10
+
+typedef struct DetectLuaxformData {
+    int thread_ctx_id;
+    int allow_restricted_functions;
+    int arg_count;
+    uint64_t alloc_limit;
+    uint64_t instruction_limit;
+    const char *filename;
+    char *copystr;
+    const char *id_data;
+    uint32_t id_data_len;
+    const char *args[LUAXFORM_MAX_ARGS];
+} DetectLuaxformData;
+
+typedef struct DetectLuaxformThreadData {
+    lua_State *luastate;
+} DetectLuaxformThreadData;
+
+static void DetectTransformLuaxformId(const uint8_t **data, uint32_t *length, void *context)
+{
+    if (context) {
+        DetectLuaxformData *lua = (DetectLuaxformData *)context;
+        *data = (uint8_t *)lua->id_data;
+        *length = lua->id_data_len;
+    }
+}
+
+static void DetectTransformLuaxformFree(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, void *ptr)
+{
+    if (ptr != NULL) {
+        DetectLuaxformData *lua = (DetectLuaxformData *)ptr;
+
+        if (lua->filename)
+            SCFree((void *)lua->filename);
+
+        if (lua->copystr)
+            SCFree((void *)lua->copystr);
+
+        if (lua->id_data)
+            SCFree((void *)lua->id_data);
+
+        if (de_ctx) {
+            DetectUnregisterThreadCtxFuncs(de_ctx, lua, "luaxform");
+        }
+
+        SCFree(lua);
+    }
+}
+
+static int DetectTransformLuaxformSetupPrime(
+        DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectLuaxformData *ld, const Signature *s)
+{
+    lua_State *luastate = SCLuaSbStateNew(ld->alloc_limit, ld->instruction_limit);
+    if (luastate == NULL)
+        return -1;
+    if (ld->allow_restricted_functions) {
+        luaL_openlibs(luastate);
+        SCLuaRequirefBuiltIns(luastate);
+    } else {
+        SCLuaSbLoadLibs(luastate);
+    }
+
+    int status = luaL_loadfile(luastate, ld->filename);
+    if (status) {
+        SCLogError("couldn't load file: %s", lua_tostring(luastate, -1));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    /* prime the script (or something) */
+    if (lua_pcall(luastate, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
+        SCLogError("couldn't prime file: %s", lua_tostring(luastate, -1));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    lua_getglobal(luastate, "transform");
+    if (lua_type(luastate, -1) != LUA_TFUNCTION) {
+        SCLogError("no transform function in script");
+        goto error;
+    }
+    lua_pop(luastate, 1);
+
+    SCLuaSbStateClose(luastate);
+    return 0;
+
+error:
+    SCLuaSbStateClose(luastate);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static DetectLuaxformData *DetectLuaxformParse(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, const char *optsstr)
+{
+    DetectLuaxformData *lua = NULL;
+
+    /* We have a correct lua option */
+    lua = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(DetectLuaxformData));
+    if (unlikely(lua == NULL)) {
+        FatalError("unable to allocate memory for Lua transform: %s", optsstr);
+    }
+
+    lua->copystr = strdup(optsstr);
+    lua->id_data = strdup(optsstr);
+    if (unlikely(lua->copystr == NULL || lua->id_data == NULL)) {
+        FatalError("unable to allocate memory for Lua transform: %s", optsstr);
+    }
+
+    lua->id_data_len = strlen(lua->id_data);
+
+    int count = 0;
+    char *saveptr = NULL;
+    char *token = strtok_r(lua->copystr, ",", &saveptr);
+    while (token != NULL && count < LUAXFORM_MAX_ARGS) {
+        lua->args[count++] = token;
+        token = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr);
+    }
+
+    if (count == 0) {
+        SCLogError("Lua script name not supplied");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    lua->arg_count = count - 1;
+
+    /* get full filename */
+    lua->filename = DetectLoadCompleteSigPath(de_ctx, lua->args[0]);
+    if (lua->filename == NULL) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    return lua;
+
+error:
+    if (lua != NULL)
+        DetectTransformLuaxformFree(de_ctx, lua);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void *DetectLuaxformThreadInit(void *data)
+{
+    /* Note: This will always be non-null as alloc errors are checked before registering callback */
+    DetectLuaxformData *lua = (DetectLuaxformData *)data;
+
+    DetectLuaThreadData *t = SCCalloc(1, sizeof(DetectLuaThreadData));
+    if (unlikely(t == NULL)) {
+        FatalError("unable to allocate luaxform context memory");
+    }
+
+    t->luastate = SCLuaSbStateNew(lua->alloc_limit, lua->instruction_limit);
+    if (t->luastate == NULL) {
+        SCLogError("luastate pool depleted");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if (lua->allow_restricted_functions) {
+        luaL_openlibs(t->luastate);
+        SCLuaRequirefBuiltIns(t->luastate);
+    } else {
+        SCLuaSbLoadLibs(t->luastate);
+    }
+
+    LuaRegisterExtensions(t->luastate);
+
+    int status = luaL_loadfile(t->luastate, lua->filename);
+    if (status) {
+        SCLogError("couldn't load file: %s", lua_tostring(t->luastate, -1));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    /* prime the script (or something) */
+    if (lua_pcall(t->luastate, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
+        SCLogError("couldn't prime file: %s", lua_tostring(t->luastate, -1));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    /* when present: thread_init call */
+    lua_getglobal(t->luastate, "thread_init");
+    if (lua_isfunction(t->luastate, -1)) {
+        if (lua_pcall(t->luastate, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
+            SCLogError("couldn't run script 'thread_init' function: %s",
+                    lua_tostring(t->luastate, -1));
+            goto error;
+        }
+    } else {
+        lua_pop(t->luastate, 1);
+    }
+
+    return (void *)t;
+
+error:
+    if (t->luastate != NULL)
+        SCLuaSbStateClose(t->luastate);
+    SCFree(t);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void DetectLuaxformThreadFree(void *ctx)
+{
+    if (ctx != NULL) {
+        DetectLuaxformThreadData *t = (DetectLuaxformThreadData *)ctx;
+        if (t->luastate != NULL)
+            SCLuaSbStateClose(t->luastate);
+        SCFree(t);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ *  \internal
+ *  \brief Apply the luaxform keyword to the last pattern match
+ *  \param de_ctx detection engine ctx
+ *  \param s signature
+ *  \param str lua filename and optional args
+ *  \retval 0 ok
+ *  \retval -1 failure
+ */
+static int DetectTransformLuaxformSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *optsstr)
+{
+    SCEnter();
+
+    /* First check if Lua rules are enabled, by default Lua in rules
+     * is disabled. */
+    int enabled = 0;
+    (void)SCConfGetBool("security.lua.allow-rules", &enabled);
+    if (!enabled) {
+        SCLogError("Lua rules disabled by security configuration: security.lua.allow-rules");
+        SCReturnInt(-1);
+    }
+
+    DetectLuaxformData *lua = DetectLuaxformParse(de_ctx, optsstr);
+    if (lua == NULL)
+        goto error;
+
+    /* Load lua sandbox configurations */
+    intmax_t lua_alloc_limit = DEFAULT_LUA_ALLOC_LIMIT;
+    intmax_t lua_instruction_limit = DEFAULT_LUA_INSTRUCTION_LIMIT;
+    int allow_restricted_functions = 0;
+    (void)SCConfGetInt("security.lua.max-bytes", &lua_alloc_limit);
+    (void)SCConfGetInt("security.lua.max-instructions", &lua_instruction_limit);
+    (void)SCConfGetBool("security.lua.allow-restricted-functions", &allow_restricted_functions);
+
+    lua->alloc_limit = lua_alloc_limit;
+    lua->instruction_limit = lua_instruction_limit;
+    lua->allow_restricted_functions = allow_restricted_functions;
+
+    if (DetectTransformLuaxformSetupPrime(de_ctx, lua, s) == -1) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    lua->thread_ctx_id = DetectRegisterThreadCtxFuncs(
+            de_ctx, "luaxform", DetectLuaxformThreadInit, (void *)lua, DetectLuaxformThreadFree, 0);
+    if (lua->thread_ctx_id == -1)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (0 == SCDetectSignatureAddTransform(s, DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM, lua))
+        SCReturnInt(0);
+
+error:
+
+    if (lua != NULL)
+        DetectTransformLuaxformFree(de_ctx, lua);
+    SCReturnInt(-1);
+}
+
+static void TransformLuaxform(
+        DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, InspectionBuffer *buffer, void *options)
+{
+    if (buffer->inspect_len == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    DetectLuaxformData *lua = options;
+    DetectLuaThreadData *tlua =
+            (DetectLuaThreadData *)DetectThreadCtxGetKeywordThreadCtx(det_ctx, lua->thread_ctx_id);
+    if (tlua == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    lua_getglobal(tlua->luastate, "transform");
+
+    const uint8_t *input = buffer->inspect;
+    const uint32_t input_len = buffer->inspect_len;
+
+    /* Lua script args are: buffer, rule args table */
+    LuaPushStringBuffer(tlua->luastate, input, (size_t)input_len);
+    /*
+     * Add provided arguments for lua script (these are optionally
+     * provided by the rule writer).
+     *
+     * Start at offset 1 (arg[0] is the lua script filename)
+     */
+    lua_newtable(tlua->luastate);
+    for (int i = 1; i < lua->arg_count + 1; i++) {
+        LuaPushInteger(tlua->luastate, i);
+        lua_pushstring(tlua->luastate, lua->args[i]);
+        lua_settable(tlua->luastate, -3);
+    }
+
+    SCLuaSbResetInstructionCounter(tlua->luastate);
+
+    if (LUA_OK != lua_pcall(tlua->luastate, 2, 2, 0)) {
+        SCLogDebug("error calling lua script: %s", lua_tostring(tlua->luastate, -1));
+    } else {
+        /* Lua transform functions must return 2 values: buffer and length */
+        int return_value_count = lua_gettop(tlua->luastate);
+        if (return_value_count != 2) {
+            SCLogDebug("Error: expected 2 return values but got %d", return_value_count);
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        if (lua_isstring(tlua->luastate, -2)) {
+            const char *transformed_buffer = lua_tostring(tlua->luastate, -2);
+            int transformed_buffer_byte_count = lua_tointeger(tlua->luastate, -1);
+            if (transformed_buffer != NULL && transformed_buffer_byte_count > 0)
+                InspectionBufferCopy(
+                        buffer, (uint8_t *)transformed_buffer, transformed_buffer_byte_count);
+            SCLogDebug("transform returns [nbytes %d] \"%p\"", transformed_buffer_byte_count,
+                    transformed_buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+error:
+    while (lua_gettop(tlua->luastate) > 0) {
+        lua_pop(tlua->luastate, 1);
+    }
+}
+
+void DetectTransformLuaxformRegister(void)
+{
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].name = "luaxform";
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].desc =
+            "pass inspection buffer to a Lua function along with "
+            "arguments supplied to the transform";
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].url = "/rules/transforms.html#luaxform";
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].Transform = TransformLuaxform;
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].Free = DetectTransformLuaxformFree;
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].Setup = DetectTransformLuaxformSetup;
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].flags |= SIGMATCH_QUOTES_OPTIONAL;
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM].TransformId = DetectTransformLuaxformId;
+}
diff --git a/src/detect-transform-luaxform.h b/src/detect-transform-luaxform.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64907c8c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detect-transform-luaxform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2024 Open Information Security Foundation
+ *
+ * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author Jeff Lucovsky <jlucovsky@oisf.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef SURICATA_DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM_H
+#define SURICATA_DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM_H
+
+/* prototypes */
+void DetectTransformLuaxformRegister(void);
+
+#endif /* SURICATA_DETECT_TRANSFORM_LUAXFORM_H */
diff --git a/src/util-lua-common.h b/src/util-lua-common.h
index 02e62b829e..fe90dffe2b 100644
--- a/src/util-lua-common.h
+++ b/src/util-lua-common.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #ifndef SURICATA_UTIL_LUA_COMMON_H
 #define SURICATA_UTIL_LUA_COMMON_H
 
+#define DEFAULT_LUA_ALLOC_LIMIT       500000
+#define DEFAULT_LUA_INSTRUCTION_LIMIT 500000
+
 int LuaCallbackError(lua_State *luastate, const char *msg);
 const char *LuaGetStringArgument(lua_State *luastate, int argc);