diff --git a/etc/schema.json b/etc/schema.json
index 32510a6198fa..285ba3068759 100644
--- a/etc/schema.json
+++ b/etc/schema.json
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
             "type": "string",
             "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}\\.\\d+[+\\-]\\d+$"
         },
+        "verdict": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/verdict_type"
+        },
         "direction": {
             "type": "string"
         },
@@ -5393,6 +5396,32 @@
             "$comment": "Definition for TLS date formats",
             "type": "string",
             "pattern": "^[1-2]\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}$"
+        },
+        "verdict_type": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "action": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "reject": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "oneOf": [
+                        {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "icmp-proihib": {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                },
+                                "tcp-reset": {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                "reject_target": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/output-json-alert.c b/src/output-json-alert.c
index b494d4d19568..95bd3ff4848c 100644
--- a/src/output-json-alert.c
+++ b/src/output-json-alert.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 #define LOG_JSON_HTTP_BODY_BASE64  BIT_U16(7)
 #define LOG_JSON_RULE_METADATA     BIT_U16(8)
 #define LOG_JSON_RULE              BIT_U16(9)
+#define LOG_JSON_VERDICT           BIT_U16(10)
 
 #define METADATA_DEFAULTS ( LOG_JSON_FLOW |                        \
             LOG_JSON_APP_LAYER  |                                  \
@@ -665,6 +666,56 @@ static void AlertAddFrame(const Packet *p, JsonBuilder *jb, const int64_t frame_
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief    Build verdict object
+ *
+ * \param p  Pointer to Packet current being logged
+ *
+ */
+void GetVerdictJson(JsonBuilder *jb, const Packet *p)
+{
+    jb_open_object(jb, "verdict");
+
+    /* add verdict info */
+    if (PacketCheckAction(p, ACTION_REJECT_ANY)) {
+        // check rule to define type of reject packet sent
+        if (EngineModeIsIPS()) {
+            JB_SET_STRING(jb, "action", "drop");
+        } else {
+            JB_SET_STRING(jb, "action", "alert");
+        }
+        if (PacketCheckAction(p, ACTION_REJECT)) {
+            JB_SET_STRING(jb, "reject_target", "source");
+        } else if (PacketCheckAction(p, ACTION_REJECT_DST)) {
+            JB_SET_STRING(jb, "reject_target", "destination");
+        } else if (PacketCheckAction(p, ACTION_REJECT_BOTH)) {
+            JB_SET_STRING(jb, "reject_target", "both");
+        }
+        jb_open_array(jb, "reject");
+        switch (p->proto) {
+            case IPPROTO_ICMP:
+            case IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
+                jb_append_string(jb, "icmp-prohib");
+                break;
+            case IPPROTO_TCP:
+                jb_append_string(jb, "tcp-reset");
+                break;
+        }
+        jb_close(jb);
+
+    } else if (PacketCheckAction(p, ACTION_DROP) && EngineModeIsIPS()) {
+        JB_SET_STRING(jb, "action", "drop");
+    } else if (p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt].action & ACTION_PASS) {
+        JB_SET_STRING(jb, "action", "pass");
+    } else {
+        // TODO make sure we don't have a situation where this wouldn't work
+        JB_SET_STRING(jb, "action", "alert");
+    }
+
+    /* Close verdict */
+    jb_close(jb);
+}
+
 static int AlertJson(ThreadVars *tv, JsonAlertLogThread *aft, const Packet *p)
 {
     MemBuffer *payload = aft->payload_buffer;
@@ -828,6 +879,10 @@ static int AlertJson(ThreadVars *tv, JsonAlertLogThread *aft, const Packet *p)
             jb_set_string(jb, "capture_file", pcap_filename);
         }
 
+        if (json_output_ctx->flags & LOG_JSON_VERDICT) {
+            GetVerdictJson(jb, p);
+        }
+
         OutputJsonBuilderBuffer(jb, aft->ctx);
         jb_free(jb);
     }
@@ -1016,6 +1071,7 @@ static void JsonAlertLogSetupMetadata(AlertJsonOutputCtx *json_output_ctx,
         SetFlag(conf, "payload-printable", LOG_JSON_PAYLOAD, &flags);
         SetFlag(conf, "http-body-printable", LOG_JSON_HTTP_BODY, &flags);
         SetFlag(conf, "http-body", LOG_JSON_HTTP_BODY_BASE64, &flags);
+        SetFlag(conf, "verdict", LOG_JSON_VERDICT, &flags);
 
         /* Check for obsolete flags and warn that they have no effect. */
         static const char *deprecated_flags[] = { "http", "tls", "ssh", "smtp", "dnp3", "app-layer",
diff --git a/src/output-json-alert.h b/src/output-json-alert.h
index 5aaa034953f1..dcf4921c442b 100644
--- a/src/output-json-alert.h
+++ b/src/output-json-alert.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 void JsonAlertLogRegister(void);
 void AlertJsonHeader(void *ctx, const Packet *p, const PacketAlert *pa, JsonBuilder *js,
         uint16_t flags, JsonAddrInfo *addr, char *xff_buffer);
+void GetVerdictJson(JsonBuilder *jb, const Packet *p);
 
 #endif /* __OUTPUT_JSON_ALERT_H__ */
 
diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index af7ad5344b72..c926b4b1107e 100644
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ outputs:
             # Enable the logging of tagged packets for rules using the
             # "tag" keyword.
             tagged-packets: yes
+            # Enable logging the final action taken on a packet by the engine
+            # (e.g: the alert may have action 'allowed' but the verdict be
+            # 'drop' due to another alert. That's the engine's verdict)
+            verdict: yes
         # app layer frames
         - frame:
             # disabled by default as this is very verbose.