diff --git a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
index 7223e6bea..2736363a5 100644
--- a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
+++ b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ sub extractruleset ($) {
 
 			# Handle rules files.
 			} elsif ($file =~ m/\.rules$/) {
+				# Skip rule files which are not located in the rules directory or archive root.
+				next unless(($packed_file =~ /^rules\//) || ($packed_file !~ /\//));
+
 				my $rulesfilename;
 
 				# Splitt the filename into chunks.