diff --git a/tools/virt-xml-validate.in b/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
index 81fde4d832923fb2c153bcdc009d89871fbcfb11..751341318958798a8d2109dd31c9373428e05aa2 100644
--- a/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
+++ b/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ if [ -z "$TYPE" ]; then
      *device*)
         TYPE="nodedev"
         ;;
+     *filterbinding*)
+        TYPE="nwfilterbinding"
+        ;;
      *filter*)
         TYPE="nwfilter"
         ;;
diff --git a/tools/virt-xml-validate.pod b/tools/virt-xml-validate.pod
index f8e67503fd9aa9ca0223ba121a927e225be65bb3..a51a57002a6e322f7cf0e2c9afa3c54ddcf5b0fb 100644
--- a/tools/virt-xml-validate.pod
+++ b/tools/virt-xml-validate.pod
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ The schema for the XML format used to declare driver capabilities
 
 The schema for the XML format used by network traffic filters
 
+=item C<nwfilterbinding>
+
+The schema for XML format used by network filter bindings.
+
 =item C<secret>
 
 The schema for the XML format used by secrets descriptions