diff --git a/rust/src/smb/events.rs b/rust/src/smb/events.rs
index 22d65acb05..c89b0664b6 100644
--- a/rust/src/smb/events.rs
+++ b/rust/src/smb/events.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ pub enum SMBEvent {
     NegotiateMalformedDialects = 6,
 }
 
+impl SMBEvent {
+    pub fn from_i32(value: i32) -> Option<SMBEvent> {
+        match value {
+            0 => Some(SMBEvent::InternalError),
+            1 => Some(SMBEvent::MalformedData),
+            2 => Some(SMBEvent::RecordOverflow),
+            3 => Some(SMBEvent::MalformedNtlmsspRequest),
+            4 => Some(SMBEvent::MalformedNtlmsspResponse),
+            5 => Some(SMBEvent::DuplicateNegotiate),
+            6 => Some(SMBEvent::NegotiateMalformedDialects),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn smb_str_to_event(instr: &str) -> i32 {
     SCLogDebug!("checking {}", instr);
     match instr {
diff --git a/rust/src/smb/smb.rs b/rust/src/smb/smb.rs
index 7ae9fcf49e..5671a0d807 100644
--- a/rust/src/smb/smb.rs
+++ b/rust/src/smb/smb.rs
@@ -2111,6 +2111,32 @@ pub extern "C" fn rs_smb_state_get_events(tx: *mut std::os::raw::c_void)
     return tx.events;
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn rs_smb_state_get_event_info_by_id(event_id: std::os::raw::c_int,
+                                              event_name: *mut *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+                                              event_type: *mut AppLayerEventType)
+                                              -> i8
+{
+    if let Some(e) = SMBEvent::from_i32(event_id as i32) {
+        let estr = match e {
+            SMBEvent::InternalError => { "internal_error\0" },
+            SMBEvent::MalformedData => { "malformed_data\0" },
+            SMBEvent::RecordOverflow => { "record_overflow\0" },
+            SMBEvent::MalformedNtlmsspRequest => { "malformed_ntlmssp_request\0" },
+            SMBEvent::MalformedNtlmsspResponse => { "malformed_ntlmssp_response\0" },
+            SMBEvent::DuplicateNegotiate => { "duplicate_negotiate\0" },
+            SMBEvent::NegotiateMalformedDialects => { "netogiate_malformed_dialects\0" },
+        };
+        unsafe{
+            *event_name = estr.as_ptr() as *const std::os::raw::c_char;
+            *event_type = APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION;
+        };
+        0
+    } else {
+        -1
+    }
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn rs_smb_state_get_event_info(event_name: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
                                               event_id: *mut std::os::raw::c_int,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-smb.c b/src/app-layer-smb.c
index 95d5a58926..807876cc9c 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-smb.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-smb.c
@@ -194,9 +194,7 @@ static AppLayerDecoderEvents *SMBGetEvents(void *tx)
 static int SMBGetEventInfoById(int event_id, const char **event_name,
     AppLayerEventType *event_type)
 {
-    *event_name = "SMB event name (generic)";
-    *event_type = APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION;
-    return 0;
+    return rs_smb_state_get_event_info_by_id(event_id, event_name, event_type);
 }
 
 static int SMBGetEventInfo(const char *event_name, int *event_id,