diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/forms/dialogFilterRule.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/forms/dialogFilterRule.xml
index 292fe3134..cc0473ee6 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/forms/dialogFilterRule.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/forms/dialogFilterRule.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,31 @@
         <help>Limit the maximum number of simultaneous TCP connections which have completed the 3-way handshake that a single host can make.</help>
         <advanced>true</advanced>
     </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>rule.max-src-conn-rate</id>
+        <label>Max new connections [c]</label>
+        <type>text</type>
+        <help>Maximum new connections per host, measured over time.</help>
+        <advanced>true</advanced>
+    </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>rule.max-src-conn-rates</id>
+        <label>Max new connections [s]</label>
+        <type>text</type>
+        <help>Time interval (seconds) to measure the number of connections</help>
+        <advanced>true</advanced>
+    </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>rule.overload</id>
+        <label>Overload table</label>
+        <type>dropdown</type>
+        <advanced>true</advanced>
+        <help>
+            Overload table used when max new connections per time interval has been reached.
+            The default virusprot table comes with a default block rule in floating rules,
+            alternatively specify your own table here
+        </help>
+    </field>
     <field>
         <id>rule.nopfsync</id>
         <label>NO pfsync</label>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.php
index e17404077..171d58bf5 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.php
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class Filter extends BaseModel
                         )
                     ) {
                         $messages->appendMessage(new Message(
-                            gettext("Inverting interfaces is only allowed for single targets to avoid mis-interpretations"),
+                            gettext("Inverting interfaces is only allowed for ".
+                                "single targets to avoid mis-interpretations"),
                             $rule->interfacenot->__reference
                         ));
                     }
@@ -132,7 +133,10 @@ class Filter extends BaseModel
                         }
                     }
                     if (!in_array($rule->protocol, ['TCP', 'TCP/UDP'])) {
-                        foreach (['statetimeout', 'max-src-conn', 'tcpflags1', 'tcpflags2'] as $fieldname) {
+                        foreach ([
+                            'statetimeout', 'max-src-conn', 'tcpflags1', 'tcpflags2',
+                            'max-src-conn-rate', 'max-src-conn-rates', 'overload'
+                        ] as $fieldname) {
                             if (!empty((string)$rule->$fieldname)) {
                                 $messages->appendMessage(new Message(
                                     gettext("Invalid option for other than TCP protocol choices."),
@@ -141,9 +145,18 @@ class Filter extends BaseModel
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    if (!empty((string)$rule->{'max-src-conn-rate'}) xor !empty((string)$rule->{'max-src-conn-rates'})) {
+                        $tmp = empty((string)$rule->{'max-src-conn-rate'}) ? 'max-src-conn-rate' : 'max-src-conn-rates';
+                        $messages->appendMessage(new Message(
+                            gettext("Need to specify both a number of connections and a time interval."),
+                            $rule->$tmp->__reference
+                        ));
+                    }
+
                     if (!empty((string)$rule->tcpflags1) && empty((string)$rule->tcpflags2)) {
                         $messages->appendMessage(new Message(
-                            gettext("If you specify TCP flags that should be set you should specify out of which flags as well."),
+                            gettext("If you specify TCP flags that should be set ".
+                                "you should specify out of which flags as well."),
                             $rule->tcpflags2->__reference
                         ));
                     }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.xml
index 43a410f08..cd146075d 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/Filter.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,26 @@
                 <max type="IntegerField">
                     <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
                 </max>
+                <max-src-conn-rate type="IntegerField">
+                    <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
+                </max-src-conn-rate>
+                <max-src-conn-rates type="IntegerField">
+                    <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
+                </max-src-conn-rates>
+                <overload  type="ModelRelationField">
+                    <Model>
+                        <aliases>
+                            <source>OPNsense.Firewall.Alias</source>
+                            <items>aliases.alias</items>
+                            <display>name</display>
+                            <filters>
+                                <enabled>/^(?!0).*$/</enabled>
+                                <type>/^(?!(port)).*$/</type>
+                            </filters>
+                        </aliases>
+                    </Model>
+                    <ValidationMessage>Alias not found.</ValidationMessage>
+                </overload>
                 <adaptivestart type="IntegerField">
                     <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                 </adaptivestart>