diff --git a/salt/idstools/config.sls b/salt/idstools/config.sls
index e162d1139..4688442ba 100644
--- a/salt/idstools/config.sls
+++ b/salt/idstools/config.sls
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ idstools_sbin_jinja:
     - file_mode: 755
     - template: jinja
 
+suricatacustomdirsfile:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: /nsm/rules/detect-suricata/custom_file
+    - user: 939
+    - group: 939
+    - makedirs: True
+
+suricatacustomdirsurl:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: /nsm/rules/detect-suricata/custom_urls
+    - user: 939
+    - group: 939
+    - makedirs: True
+
 {% else %}
 
 {{sls}}_state_not_allowed:
diff --git a/salt/idstools/etc/rulecat.conf b/salt/idstools/etc/rulecat.conf
index f7c784413..74434afd2 100644
--- a/salt/idstools/etc/rulecat.conf
+++ b/salt/idstools/etc/rulecat.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {%- from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS -%}
+{%- from 'soc/merged.map.jinja' import SOCMERGED -%}
 {%- from 'idstools/map.jinja' import IDSTOOLSMERGED -%}
+--temp-dir=/nsm/rules/detect-suricata/custom_urls
 --merged=/opt/so/rules/nids/suri/all.rules
 --local=/opt/so/rules/nids/suri/local.rules
 {%-   if GLOBALS.md_engine == "SURICATA" %}
@@ -10,8 +12,12 @@
 --disable=/opt/so/idstools/etc/disable.conf
 --enable=/opt/so/idstools/etc/enable.conf
 --modify=/opt/so/idstools/etc/modify.conf
-{%- if IDSTOOLSMERGED.config.urls | length > 0 %}
-{%-   for URL in IDSTOOLSMERGED.config.urls %}
---url={{ URL }}
-{%-   endfor %}
-{%- endif %}
+{%- if SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.suricataengine.customRulesets %}
+    {%- for ruleset in SOCMERGED.config.server.modules.suricataengine.customRulesets %}
+        {%- if 'url' in ruleset %}
+--url={{ ruleset.url }}
+        {%- elif 'file' in ruleset %}
+--local={{ ruleset.file }}
+        {%- endif %}
+    {%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index 47d051e4e..b63094927 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ soc:
             description: 'How often the Suricata integrity checker runs (in seconds). This verifies the integrity of deployed rules.'
             global: True
             advanced: True
+          customRulesets:
+            description: 'Custom URLs or local files to sync Suricata rules from. Format is: {"community":true,"ruleset":"snort-community","license":"GPLv2","path":"https://www.snort.org/downloads/community/snort3-community-rules.tar.gz"}. All fields are required. Replace the URL in path with a full file path for local rules, which must be put under: /nsm/rules/detect-suricata/custom_file. "community" disables some management options for the imported rules - they can''t be deleted or edited, just tuned, duplicated, and Enabled | Disabled. The new settings will be applied within 15 minutes. At that point, you will need to wait for the scheduled rule update to take place (by default, every 24 hours), or you can force the update by navigating to Detections --> Options dropdown menu --> Suricata --> Full Update.'
+            global: True
+            multiline: True
+            advanced: True
+            forcedType: '[]{}'
+            helpLink: suricata.html
       client:
         enableReverseLookup:
           description: Set to true to enable reverse DNS lookups for IP addresses in the SOC UI.