diff --git a/etc/schema.json b/etc/schema.json
index 76d88ec4c8fb..0756acd00800 100644
--- a/etc/schema.json
+++ b/etc/schema.json
@@ -4871,6 +4871,9 @@
                                     },
                                     "rules_failed": {
                                         "type": "integer"
+                                    },
+                                    "rules_skipped": {
+                                        "type": "integer"
                                     }
                                 },
                                 "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/src/output-json-stats.c b/src/output-json-stats.c
index 7bfcfc58cad2..718298e48592 100644
--- a/src/output-json-stats.c
+++ b/src/output-json-stats.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static json_t *EngineStats2Json(const DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                             json_integer(sig_stat->good_sigs_total));
         json_object_set_new(jdata, "rules_failed",
                             json_integer(sig_stat->bad_sigs_total));
+        json_object_set_new(jdata, "rules_skipped", json_integer(sig_stat->skipped_sigs_total));
     }
 
     return jdata;