diff --git a/protofiles/CommandRequest.proto b/protofiles/CommandRequest.proto
index 2c250d2e86375..3813149d931c0 100644
--- a/protofiles/CommandRequest.proto
+++ b/protofiles/CommandRequest.proto
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ message CommandRequest {
      PCAP_RECONSTRUCTION = 10;
      LICENSE = 11;
      MACHINE_ID = 12;
+     LUA_SAVE = 13;
   }
   required CommandType type = 1; 
   optional string stringArgOne = 2;
diff --git a/protofiles/LuaDefinedRule.proto b/protofiles/LuaDefinedRule.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4fe0bb54af99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protofiles/LuaDefinedRule.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package protoMsg;
+
+option java_package = "com.logrhythm.nm.message";
+option java_outer_classname = "LuaRulesMsg";
+
+
+message LuaDefinedRule {
+  enum LuaType {
+     CUSTOM = 0;
+     SYSTEM = 1;
+  }
+
+  enum LuaExecution {
+    PACKET_RULE = 0;
+    FLOW_RULE = 1;
+  }
+
+  required LuaType type = 1; 
+  required string code =2;
+
+  optional string name = 3;
+  optional bool enabled = 4;
+  optional string description = 5;
+  optional string author = 6;
+  optional string uuid = 7;
+  optional uint64 last_modified_date =8;
+}
+
+
+
+message LuaRules {
+  message LuaSerializedRule {
+     optional string uuid = 1;
+     required string rule = 2;
+   }  
+  repeated LuaSerializedRule rules =1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/buildProtoFiles.sh b/scripts/buildProtoFiles.sh
index 32b560cb57357..ef1ddccac4080 100755
--- a/scripts/buildProtoFiles.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildProtoFiles.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ cd "$cppSrcDir"
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libprocess "$protoFileDir"/ProcessRequest.proto
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libprocess "$protoFileDir"/ProcessReply.proto
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libcommand "$protoFileDir"/DriveInfo.proto
+"$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libcommand "$protoFileDir"/LuaDefinedRule.proto
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libcommand "$protoFileDir"/ConfigDefaults.proto
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libcommand "$protoFileDir"/ConfigDefaultsRequest.proto
 "$protoc" -I="$protoFileDir":$thirdPartyDir:/usr/include:$DISTDIR/protobuf/include --cpp_out=libfork "$protoFileDir"/ForkerReply.proto
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ mv  libcommand/CommandReply.pb.cc  libcommand/CommandReply.pb.cpp
 mv  libprocess/ProcessRequest.pb.cc  libprocess/ProcessRequest.pb.cpp
 mv  libprocess/ProcessReply.pb.cc  libprocess/ProcessReply.pb.cpp
 mv  libcommand/DriveInfo.pb.cc  libcommand/DriveInfo.pb.cpp
+mv  libcommand/LuaDefinedRule.pb.cc  libcommand/LuaDefinedRule.pb.cpp
+
 mv  libcommand/ConfigDefaults.pb.cc  libcommand/ConfigDefaults.pb.cpp
 mv  libcommand/ConfigDefaultsRequest.pb.cc  libcommand/ConfigDefaultsRequest.pb.cpp
 mv  libfork/ForkerReply.pb.cc  libfork/ForkerReply.pb.cpp