diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
index 9de945a..1ed4eba 100644
--- a/schema.json
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 			    "enum": [
 				"2020.03.02",
 				"2020.04.30",
-				"2022.07.25"
+				"2022.07.25",
+				"2023.02.16"
 			    ]
 			}
 		    },
@@ -119,6 +120,27 @@
 		"properties": {
 		    "type": "object",
 		    "properties": {
+			"platform": {
+			    "type": "array",
+			    "minItems": 1,
+			    "uniqueItems": true,
+			    "items": {
+				"type": "object",
+				"properties": {
+				    "architecture": {
+					"type": "string",
+					"enum": [
+					    "x86_64",
+					    "aarch64"
+					]
+				    }
+				},
+				"required": [
+				    "architecture"
+				],
+				"additionalProperties": false
+			    }
+			},
 			"packages": {
 			    "type": "object",
 			    "properties": {
diff --git a/userenvs/fedora36-ci.json b/userenvs/fedora36-ci.json
index f40c749..3b16fee 100644
--- a/userenvs/fedora36-ci.json
+++ b/userenvs/fedora36-ci.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "workshop": {
 	"schema": {
-	    "version": "2020.03.02"
+	    "version": "2023.02.16"
 	}
     },
     "userenv": {
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 	    "tag": "36"
 	},
 	"properties": {
+	    "platform": [
+		{
+		    "architecture": "x86_64"
+		},
+		{
+		    "architecture": "aarch64"
+		}
+	    ],
 	    "packages": {
 		"type": "rpm",
 		"manager": "dnf"
diff --git a/workshop.pl b/workshop.pl
index 2996cec..b602924 100755
--- a/workshop.pl
+++ b/workshop.pl
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ sub get_exit_code {
         'no_label' => 92,
         'package_remove' => 93,
         'group_remove' => 94,
+        'architecture_query_failed' => 95,
+        'unsupported_platform_architecture' => 96
         );
 
     if (exists($reasons{$exit_reason})) {
@@ -579,6 +581,43 @@ sub delete_proto {
     }
 }
 
+if (exists $userenv_json->{'userenv'}{'properties'}{'platform'}) {
+    # the userenv has platform information that indicates what type of
+    # system architecture(s) it supports so validate that what we are
+    # about to build is supported
+    my $my_architecture;
+    logger('info', "performing userenv platform validation...\n", 1);
+    ($command, $command_output, $rc) = run_command("uname -m");
+    if ($rc == 0) {
+        command_logger('verbose', $command, $rc, $command_output);
+        $command_output = filter_output($command_output);
+        chomp($command_output);
+        $my_architecture = $command_output;
+        logger('info', "found current system architecture is " . $my_architecture . "\n", 2);
+    } else {
+        logger('info', "failed\n", 2);
+        command_logger('error', $command, $rc, $command_output);
+        logger('error', "Failed to obtain the current system architecture!\n");
+        exit(get_exit_code('architecture_query_failed'));
+    }
+
+    my $supported = 0;
+    # loop through the supported platforms and see if our architecture matches one of them
+    foreach my $platform (@{$userenv_json->{'userenv'}{'properties'}{'platform'}}) {
+        if ($platform->{'architecture'} eq $my_architecture) {
+            $supported = 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($supported) {
+        logger('info', "succeeded...the userenv is supported for my architecture.\n", 2);
+    } else {
+        logger('info', "failed...the userenv is not supported for my architecture.\n", 2);
+        logger('error', "The userenv is not supported for my architecure.\n");
+        exit(get_exit_code('unsupported_platform_architecture'));
+    }
+}
+
 if (!defined $args{'proj'}) {
     if (defined $args{'label'}) {
         # Support default behavior before --proj was introduced