diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index e413115504..4e526d493f 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,17 @@ int AppLayerParserSetTxDetectState(const Flow *f,
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
 
+bool AppLayerParserSupportsTxDetectFlags(AppProto alproto)
+{
+    SCEnter();
+    for (uint8_t p = 0; p < FLOW_PROTO_APPLAYER_MAX; p++) {
+        if (alp_ctx.ctxs[p][alproto].GetTxDetectFlags != NULL) {
+            SCReturnBool(true);
+        }
+    }
+    SCReturnBool(false);
+}
+
 uint64_t AppLayerParserGetTxDetectFlags(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto, void *tx, uint8_t dir)
 {
     SCEnter();
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.h b/src/app-layer-parser.h
index 492e3e5ea5..0ce16c0898 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ int AppLayerParserSetTxDetectState(const Flow *f, void *tx, DetectEngineState *s
 
 uint64_t AppLayerParserGetTxDetectFlags(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto, void *tx, uint8_t dir);
 void AppLayerParserSetTxDetectFlags(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto, void *tx, uint8_t dir, uint64_t);
+bool AppLayerParserSupportsTxDetectFlags(AppProto alproto);
 
 /***** General *****/