diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-nwfilter.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-nwfilter.h
index 9897df6df6..4e28801006 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-nwfilter.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-nwfilter.h
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ int                     virNWFilterFree         (virNWFilterPtr nwfilter);
 /*
  * NWFilter information
  */
+
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_NWFILTER_BINDING_CREATE_VALIDATE = 1 << 0, /* Validate the XML document against schema */
+} virNWFilterBindingCreateFlags;
+
 const char*             virNWFilterGetName       (virNWFilterPtr nwfilter);
 int                     virNWFilterGetUUID       (virNWFilterPtr nwfilter,
                                                   unsigned char *uuid);
diff --git a/src/libvirt-nwfilter.c b/src/libvirt-nwfilter.c
index 8d09270296..73b061152e 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-nwfilter.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-nwfilter.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ virNWFilterBindingGetFilterName(virNWFilterBindingPtr binding)
  * virNWFilterBindingCreateXML:
  * @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
  * @xml: an XML description of the binding
- * @flags: currently unused, pass 0
+ * @flags: bitwise-OR of virNWFilterBindingCreateFlags
  *
  * Define a new network filter, based on an XML description
  * similar to the one returned by virNWFilterGetXMLDesc(). This