diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
index 99d30ce..75c488f 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
@@ -642,3 +642,21 @@ impl Handler<DeleteNetworkFilter> for LibVirtActor {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Message)]
+#[rtype(result = "anyhow::Result<String>")]
+pub struct GetSourceNetworkFilterXMLReq(pub XMLUuid);
+
+impl Handler<GetSourceNetworkFilterXMLReq> for LibVirtActor {
+    type Result = anyhow::Result<String>;
+
+    fn handle(
+        &mut self,
+        msg: GetSourceNetworkFilterXMLReq,
+        _ctx: &mut Self::Context,
+    ) -> Self::Result {
+        log::debug!("Get nw filter source XML:\n{}", msg.0.as_string());
+        let nwfilter = NWFilter::lookup_by_uuid_string(&self.m, &msg.0.as_string())?;
+        Ok(nwfilter.get_xml_desc(0)?)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/nwfilter_controller.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/nwfilter_controller.rs
index 39a51f0..8bda625 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/nwfilter_controller.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/nwfilter_controller.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ pub async fn get_single(client: LibVirtReq, req: web::Path<NetworkFilterID>) ->
     Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(nwfilter))
 }
 
+/// Get the XML source description of a single network filter
+pub async fn single_src(client: LibVirtReq, req: web::Path<NetworkFilterID>) -> HttpResult {
+    let xml = client.get_single_network_filter_xml(req.uid).await?;
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("application/xml").body(xml))
+}
+
 /// Update the information about a single network filter
 pub async fn update(
     client: LibVirtReq,
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_client.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_client.rs
index ea10a9a..640a74f 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_client.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_client.rs
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ impl LibVirtClient {
         self.0.send(libvirt_actor::GetNWFilterXMLReq(id)).await?
     }
 
+    /// Get the source XML configuration of a single network filter
+    pub async fn get_single_network_filter_xml(&self, id: XMLUuid) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        self.0
+            .send(libvirt_actor::GetSourceNetworkFilterXMLReq(id))
+            .await?
+    }
+
     /// Update the information about a single domain
     pub async fn update_network_filter(
         &self,
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/main.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/main.rs
index 52b427c..e50b230 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/main.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
                 "/api/nwfilter/{uid}",
                 web::get().to(nwfilter_controller::get_single),
             )
+            .route(
+                "/api/nwfilter/{uid}/src",
+                web::get().to(nwfilter_controller::single_src),
+            )
             .route(
                 "/api/nwfilter/{uid}",
                 web::put().to(nwfilter_controller::update),