diff --git a/plist b/plist
index f864e2510..2df05c1b2 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/static_aliases/core.json
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/ACL/ACL.xml
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/FieldTypes/PolicyContentField.php
+/usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/FieldTypes/PolicyRulesField.php
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.php
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.xml
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/Menu/Menu.xml
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
index db0fe1bac..9d03ca039 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
 {
     protected static $internalModelName = 'ids';
     protected static $internalModelClass = '\OPNsense\IDS\IDS';
+    private $modelHandle = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Get (or create) model object
+     * @return null|BaseModel
+     * @throws \ReflectionException
+     */
+    protected function getModel()
+    {
+        if ($this->modelHandle == null) {
+            $this->modelHandle = (new \ReflectionClass(static::$internalModelClass))->newInstance();
+        }
+
+        return $this->modelHandle;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Query non layered model items
@@ -699,7 +715,11 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
      */
     public function searchPolicyRuleAction()
     {
-        return $this->searchBase("rules.rule", array("sid", "enabled", "action"), "sid");
+        /* XXX: toggle search backend data for rule information as this action can be rather slow and we don't want
+                to enforce this on all callers */
+        $this->getModel()->rules->rule->queryRuleInfo();
+        $this->modelHandle = null;
+        return $this->searchBase("rules.rule", ["sid", "msg", "source", "enabled", "action"], "sid");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -762,7 +782,7 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
     }
 
     /**
-     * return then number of custom defined policy rules
+     * return the number of custom defined policy rules
      */
     public function checkPolicyRuleAction()
     {
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/FieldTypes/PolicyRulesField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/FieldTypes/PolicyRulesField.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1b8d4d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/FieldTypes/PolicyRulesField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ *    Copyright (C) 2023 Deciso B.V.
+ *
+ *    All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ *       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ *    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ *    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+ *    AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *    AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+ *    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ *    SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ *    INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ *    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ *    ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ *    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OPNsense\IDS\FieldTypes;
+
+use OPNsense\Base\FieldTypes\ArrayField;
+use OPNsense\Base\FieldTypes\TextField;
+use OPNsense\Core\Backend;
+
+
+class PolicyRulesField extends ArrayField
+{
+    protected static $internalRuleData = null;
+    private static $queryRules = false;
+
+    /**
+     * by default the PolicyRulesField acts as a standard ArrayField, unless queryRuleInfo() in which case
+     * the next created object will query for local rule data. (to limit load)
+     */
+    public function queryRuleInfo()
+    {
+        static::$queryRules = true;
+    }
+
+    protected function actionPostLoadingEvent()
+    {
+        parent::actionPostLoadingEvent();
+        if (static::$queryRules) {
+            if (static::$internalRuleData === null) {
+                static::$internalRuleData = json_decode((new Backend())->configdRun('ids list rules'), true) ?? [];
+            }
+            foreach ($this->iterateItems() as $node) {
+                $rule = static::$internalRuleData[(string)$node->sid] ?? [];
+                foreach (['msg', 'source'] as $fieldname) {
+                    $field = new TextField();
+                    $field->setInternalIsVirtual();
+                    $field->setValue($rule[$fieldname] ?? '');
+                    $node->addChildNode($fieldname, $field);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.xml
index 5819bdd78..64dd84bf8 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/IDS/IDS.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <description>OPNsense IDS</description>
     <items>
         <rules>
-            <rule type="ArrayField">
+            <rule type=".\PolicyRulesField">
                 <sid type="IntegerField">
                     <ValidationMessage>Sid should be a number.</ValidationMessage>
                     <Required>Y</Required>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/IDS/policy.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/IDS/policy.volt
index 1bdd7a08c..e25d9e2f5 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/IDS/policy.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/IDS/policy.volt
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
             <tr>
                 <th data-column-id="sid" data-width="6em" data-type="string">{{ lang._('SID') }}</th>
                 <th data-column-id="enabled" data-width="6em" data-type="string" data-formatter="rowtoggle">{{ lang._('Enabled') }}</th>
+                <th data-column-id="msg"  data-type="string">{{ lang._('Msg') }}</th>
+                <th data-column-id="source"  data-type="string">{{ lang._('Source') }}</th>
                 <th data-column-id="action" data-type="string">{{ lang._('Action') }}</th>
                 <th data-column-id="commands" data-width="7em" data-formatter="commands" data-sortable="false">{{ lang._('Commands') }}</th>
                 <th data-column-id="uuid" data-type="string" data-identifier="true"  data-visible="false">{{ lang._('ID') }}</th>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/lib/rulecache.py b/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/lib/rulecache.py
index ab4ac2040..2665cb982 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/lib/rulecache.py
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/lib/rulecache.py
@@ -474,3 +474,13 @@ class RuleCache(object):
                     result[record[0]] = list()
                 result[record[0]].append(record[1])
         return result
+
+    def list_rule_metadata(self):
+        result = {}
+        if os.path.exists(self.cachefile):
+            db = sqlite3.connect(self.cachefile)
+            cur = db.cursor()
+            cur.execute("SELECT sid, msg, source FROM rules")
+            for record in cur.fetchall():
+                result[record[0]] = {'msg': record[1], 'source': record[2]}
+        return result
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py b/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py
index 6d9e52aa1..0d82af63c 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/python3
 
 """
-    Copyright (c) 2020 Ad Schellevis <ad@opnsense.org>
+    Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Ad Schellevis <ad@opnsense.org>
     All rights reserved.
 
     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     script to fetch all metadata types from the installed suricata rules using the shared rule cache
 """
 
+import argparse
 import ujson
 from lib.rulecache import RuleCache
 
@@ -38,4 +39,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if rc.is_changed():
         rc.create()
 
-    print(ujson.dumps(rc.list_metadata()))
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--mode', help='fetch mode', default='properties', choices=['properties', 'rules'])
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.mode == 'properties':
+        print(ujson.dumps(rc.list_metadata()))
+    else:
+        print(ujson.dumps(rc.list_rule_metadata()))
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_ids.conf b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_ids.conf
index 88a342a4a..75a31dd25 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_ids.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_ids.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 [list.rulemetadata]
 command:/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py
-parameters:
+parameters: --mode properties
 type:script_output
 message:request suricata rule metadata
 
+[list.rules]
+command:/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listRuleMetadata.py
+parameters: --mode rules
+type:script_output
+message:request suricata rules
+
 [list.installablerulesets]
 command:/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/suricata/listInstallableRulesets.py
 parameters: