diff --git a/src/xml/xml_native_writer.cc b/src/xml/xml_native_writer.cc
index 001ecf18..bf5093c5 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml_native_writer.cc
+++ b/src/xml/xml_native_writer.cc
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ void mjXWriter::Asset(XMLElement* root) {
     if (mesh->Plugin().active) {
       elem = InsertEnd(section, "mesh");
       WriteAttrTxt(elem, "name", mesh->name);
+      WriteAttrTxt(elem, "file", mesh->File());
       OnePlugin(InsertEnd(elem, "plugin"), &mesh->Plugin());
     } else{
       elem = InsertEnd(section, "mesh");
diff --git a/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc b/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
index 9bb31819..d3a2b59b 100644
--- a/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
+++ b/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
@@ -1383,10 +1383,8 @@ TEST_F(XMLWriterTest, WriteReadCompare) {
         // if file is meant to fail, skip it
         if (absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "100_humanoids") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "malformed_") ||
-            absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "touch_grid") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "gmsh_") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "shark_") ||
-            absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "cow") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "frameless_contact_hfield") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "spheremesh")) {
           continue;