diff --git a/tools/virt-xml-validate.in b/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
index 5ba034331e..6bfa68fe0e 100644
--- a/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
+++ b/tools/virt-xml-validate.in
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$TYPE" ]; then
   ROOT=`xmllint --stream --debug "$XMLFILE" 2>/dev/null | grep "^0 1 " | awk '{ print $3 }'`
   case "$ROOT" in
+     *domainsnapshot*) # Must come first, since *domain* is a substring
+        TYPE="domainsnapshot"
+        ;;
      *domain*)
         TYPE="domain"
         ;;
@@ -74,6 +77,12 @@ if [ -z "$TYPE" ]; then
      *device*)
         TYPE="nodedev"
         ;;
+     *filter*)
+        TYPE="nwfilter"
+        ;;
+     *secret*)
+        TYPE="secret"
+        ;;
      *)
        echo "$0: cannot determine schema type for $XMLFILE" >&2
        exit 3