diff --git a/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.cc b/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.cc
index ecc030a9b..a824a5210 100644
--- a/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.cc
+++ b/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.cc
@@ -2051,15 +2051,18 @@ AnimationInterface::WriteXmlAnim (bool routing)
 {
   AnimXmlElement element ("anim");
   element.AddAttribute ("ver", GetNetAnimVersion ());
-  element.Close ();
+  FILE * f = m_f;
   if (!routing)
     {
-      WriteN (element.GetElementString (), m_f);
+      element.AddAttribute ("filetype", "animation");
     }
   else
     {
-      WriteN (element.GetElementString (), m_routingF);
+      element.AddAttribute ("filetype", "routing");
+      f = m_routingF;
     }
+  element.Close ();
+  WriteN (element.GetElementString (), f);
 }
 
 void 
diff --git a/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.h b/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.h
index 0e844091b..d0b813ab5 100644
--- a/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.h
+++ b/src/netanim/model/animation-interface.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace ns3 {
 
 #define MAX_PKTS_PER_TRACE_FILE 100000
 #define PURGE_INTERVAL 5
-#define NETANIM_VERSION "netanim-3.105"
+#define NETANIM_VERSION "netanim-3.106"
 
 
 struct NodeSize;
diff --git a/src/netanim/wscript b/src/netanim/wscript
index 5b7a33f89..3cb708532 100644
--- a/src/netanim/wscript
+++ b/src/netanim/wscript
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import wutils
 
 # Required NetAnim version
-NETANIM_RELEASE_NAME = "netanim-3.105"
+NETANIM_RELEASE_NAME = "netanim-3.106"
 
 
 def build (bld) :