diff --git a/src/detect-pcre.c b/src/detect-pcre.c
index c108425242..3e1fd82380 100644
--- a/src/detect-pcre.c
+++ b/src/detect-pcre.c
@@ -1045,8 +1045,11 @@ static int DetectPcreSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *r
 
     /* errors below shouldn't free pd */
 
-    SigMatch *prev_pm = DetectGetLastSMByListPtr(s, sm->prev,
-            DETECT_CONTENT, DETECT_PCRE, -1);
+    /* Besides content and pcre, the keywords that move the detection pointer by
+     * updating det_ctx->buffer_offset also anchor a relative match. byte_test
+     * and isdataat only read that pointer, so they are not accepted here. */
+    SigMatch *prev_pm = DetectGetLastSMByListPtr(s, sm->prev, DETECT_CONTENT, DETECT_PCRE,
+            DETECT_BYTEJUMP, DETECT_BYTE_EXTRACT, DETECT_BYTEMATH, -1);
     if (s->init_data->list == DETECT_SM_LIST_NOTSET && prev_pm == NULL) {
         SCLogError("pcre with /R (relative) needs "
                    "preceding match in the same buffer");
@@ -1576,6 +1579,61 @@ static int DetectPcreParseTest28(void)
     PASS;
 }
 
+/** \test #7987 a relative pcre is anchored on the keywords that move the
+ *          detection pointer, not just on content and pcre. */
+static int DetectPcreParseTest29(void)
+{
+    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
+
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list =
+            SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"byte_jump\"; byte_jump:4,0; "
+                            "pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"relative byte_jump\"; "
+                                       "byte_jump:4,0,relative; pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"byte_extract\"; "
+                                       "byte_extract:4,0,len; pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list =
+            SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"byte_math\"; "
+                            "byte_math: bytes 4, offset 0, oper +, rvalue 0, result len; "
+                            "pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    /* byte_test and isdataat only read the detection pointer, so they are still
+     * no preceding match for a relative pcre. */
+    de_ctx->sig_list =
+            SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"byte_test\"; byte_test:4,=,0,0; "
+                            "pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NOT_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list =
+            SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"isdataat\"; isdataat:10; "
+                            "pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NOT_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+    SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+
+    de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx,
+            "alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"no match\"; pcre:\"/abc/R\"; sid:1; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NOT_NULL(de_ctx->sig_list);
+
+    DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+    PASS;
+}
+
 static int DetectPcreTestSig01(void)
 {
     uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t *)"lalala lalala\\ lala\n";
@@ -2106,6 +2164,7 @@ static void DetectPcreRegisterTests(void)
     UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreParseTest26", DetectPcreParseTest26);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreParseTest27", DetectPcreParseTest27);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreParseTest28", DetectPcreParseTest28);
+    UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreParseTest29", DetectPcreParseTest29);
 
     UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreTestSig01", DetectPcreTestSig01);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectPcreTestSig02 -- anchored pcre", DetectPcreTestSig02);