diff --git a/image/image.go b/image/image.go
index 1551c1c..17532ce 100644
--- a/image/image.go
+++ b/image/image.go
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ func validate(w walker, refs []string, out *log.Logger) error {
 		if err := m.validate(w); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		ml, err := findManifest_list(w, d)
+		if err == nil {
+			if err := ml.validate(w); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
 		if out != nil {
 			out.Printf("reference %q: OK", ref)
 		}
diff --git a/image/manifest_list.go b/image/manifest_list.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..031cfd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/manifest_list.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Linux Foundation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package image
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/schema"
+	Descriptor "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type manifest_list struct {
+	Manifests []ManifestDescriptor `json:"manifests"`
+}
+
+type ManifestDescriptor struct {
+	Descriptor
+
+	// Platform describes the platform which the image in the manifest runs on.
+	Platform Platform `json:"platform"`
+}
+
+func findManifest_list(w walker, d *descriptor) (*manifest_list, error) {
+	var ml manifest_list
+	mlpath := filepath.Join("blobs", d.algo(), d.hash())
+
+	switch err := w.walk(func(path string, info os.FileInfo, r io.Reader) error {
+		if info.IsDir() || filepath.Clean(path) != mlpath {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "%s: error reading manifest_list", path)
+		}
+
+		if err := schema.MediaTypeManifestList.Validate(bytes.NewReader(buf)); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "%s: manifest_list validation failed", path)
+		}
+
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &ml); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(m.Manifests) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: no manifests found", path)
+		}
+
+		return errEOW
+	}); err {
+	case nil:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: manifest_list not found", mpath)
+	case errEOW:
+		return &m, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, err
+	}
+}
+
+func (ml *manifest_list) validate(w walker) error {
+	for _, d := range ml.Manifests {
+		if err := d.Descriptor.validate(w, []string{v1.MediaTypeImageConfig}); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "Descriptor validation failed")
+		}
+		if err := checkPlatform(d); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "platform validation failed")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkPlatform(m Manifests) error {
+	validCombins := map[string][]string{
+		"darwin":    {"386", "amd64", "arm", "arm64"},
+		"dragonfly": {"amd64"},
+		"freebsd":   {"386", "amd64", "arm"},
+		"linux":     {"386", "amd64", "arm", "arm64", "ppc64", "ppc64le", "mips64", "mips64le"},
+		"netbsd":    {"386", "amd64", "arm"},
+		"openbsd":   {"386", "amd64", "arm"},
+		"plan9":     {"386", "amd64"},
+		"solaris":   {"amd64"},
+		"windows":   {"386", "amd64"}}
+	for os, archs := range validCombins {
+		if os == m.Platform.OS {
+			for _, arch := range archs {
+				if arch == m.Platform.Architecture {
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("Combination of %q and %q is invalid.", m.Platform.OS, m.Platform.Architecture)
+		}
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("Operation system %q of the bundle is not supported yet.", m.Platform.OS)
+}