diff --git a/src/detect-engine-hrud.c b/src/detect-engine-hrud.c
index 4b0185d80d..dc580a082b 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-hrud.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-hrud.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-engine-state.h"
+#include "detect-urilen.h"
 #include "detect-pcre.h"
 #include "detect-isdataat.h"
 #include "detect-bytetest.h"
@@ -314,6 +315,38 @@ static int DoInspectHttpRawUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                 SCReturnInt(0);
             }
         }
+    } else if (sm->type == DETECT_AL_URILEN) {
+        SCLogDebug("inspecting uri len");
+
+        int r = 0;
+        DetectUrilenData *urilend = (DetectUrilenData *) sm->ctx;
+
+        switch (urilend->mode) {
+            case DETECT_URILEN_EQ:
+                if (payload_len == urilend->urilen1)
+                    r = 1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_LT:
+                if (payload_len < urilend->urilen1)
+                    r = 1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_GT:
+                if (payload_len > urilend->urilen1)
+                    r = 1;
+                break;
+            case DETECT_URILEN_RA:
+                if (payload_len > urilend->urilen1 &&
+                    payload_len < urilend->urilen2) {
+                    r = 1;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        if (r == 1) {
+            goto match;
+        }
+
+        SCReturnInt(0);
     } else {
         /* we should never get here, but bail out just in case */
         SCLogDebug("sm->type %u", sm->type);
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-uri.c b/src/detect-engine-uri.c
index 4569377f92..7c965da14d 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-uri.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-uri.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@
 static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                               DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
                               Signature *s, SigMatch *sm,
-                              uint8_t *payload, uint32_t payload_len,
-                              htp_tx_t *tx)
+                              uint8_t *payload, uint32_t payload_len)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                 /* see if the next payload keywords match. If not, we will
                  * search for another occurence of this uricontent and see
                  * if the others match then until we run out of matches */
-                int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, payload, payload_len, tx);
+                int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx,det_ctx,s,sm->next, payload, payload_len);
                 if (r == 1) {
                     SCReturnInt(1);
                 }
@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
              * search for another occurence of this pcre and see
              * if the others match, until we run out of matches */
             r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, sm->next,
-                                   payload, payload_len, tx);
+                                   payload, payload_len);
             if (r == 1) {
                 SCReturnInt(1);
             }
@@ -360,27 +359,25 @@ static int DoInspectPacketUri(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
         int r = 0;
         DetectUrilenData *urilend = (DetectUrilenData *) sm->ctx;
-        uint32_t p_len = payload_len;
-        if (urilend->raw_buffer)
-            p_len = bstr_len(tx->request_uri);
 
         switch (urilend->mode) {
             case DETECT_URILEN_EQ:
-                if (p_len == urilend->urilen1)
+                if (payload_len == urilend->urilen1)
                     r = 1;
                 break;
             case DETECT_URILEN_LT:
-                if (p_len < urilend->urilen1)
+                if (payload_len < urilend->urilen1)
                     r = 1;
                 break;
             case DETECT_URILEN_GT:
-                if (p_len > urilend->urilen1)
+                if (payload_len > urilend->urilen1)
                     r = 1;
                 break;
             case DETECT_URILEN_RA:
-                if (p_len > urilend->urilen1 &&
-                        p_len < urilend->urilen2)
+                if (payload_len > urilend->urilen1 &&
+                    payload_len < urilend->urilen2) {
                     r = 1;
+                }
                 break;
         }
 
@@ -413,7 +410,7 @@ match:
      * the payload portion of the signature matched. */
     if (sm->next != NULL) {
         int r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, sm->next, payload,
-                                   payload_len, tx);
+                                   payload_len);
         SCReturnInt(r);
     } else {
         SCReturnInt(1);
@@ -486,7 +483,7 @@ int DetectEngineInspectPacketUris(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
          * transaction at the app layer */
         r = DoInspectPacketUri(de_ctx, det_ctx, s, s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH],
                                (uint8_t *)bstr_ptr(tx->request_uri_normalized),
-                               bstr_len(tx->request_uri_normalized), tx);
+                               bstr_len(tx->request_uri_normalized));
         if (r == 1) {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/src/detect-urilen.c b/src/detect-urilen.c
index 1349453cc4..d00255ffac 100644
--- a/src/detect-urilen.c
+++ b/src/detect-urilen.c
@@ -342,7 +342,10 @@ static int DetectUrilenSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *urile
     sm->type = DETECT_AL_URILEN;
     sm->ctx = (void *)urilend;
 
-    SigMatchAppendUricontent(s,sm);
+    if (urilend->raw_buffer)
+        SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_HRUDMATCH);
+    else
+        SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH);
 
     /* Flagged the signature as to inspect the app layer data */
     s->flags |= SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER;