diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89ee4e4..37f0945 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 #### [v1.2.3](https://github.com/nodiscc/hecat/releases/tag/1.2.3) - UNRELEASED
 
+**Added:**
+- processors/awesome_lint: make the list of required fields/attributes for `platforms` configurable through `platforms_required_fields` module option (default to `['description']`)
+
 **Changed:**
 - processors/awesome_lint: check that `depends_3rdparty` is a valid boolean value (`true/false/True/False`)
 
diff --git a/hecat/processors/awesome_lint.py b/hecat/processors/awesome_lint.py
index ee7a927..79f59cd 100644
--- a/hecat/processors/awesome_lint.py
+++ b/hecat/processors/awesome_lint.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         - https://github.com/abrenaut/posio # simple/no maintenance required
         - https://github.com/knrdl/bicimon # simple/no maintenance required
         - https://github.com/Kshitij-Banerjee/Cubiks-2048 # simple/no maintenance required
+      platforms_required_fields: ['description'] # (optional, default ['description']) attributes that must be defined for all platforms
 
 
 source_directory: path to directory where data can be found. Directory structure:
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@
 SOFTWARE_REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['description', 'website_url', 'source_code_url', 'licenses', 'tags']
 SOFTWARE_REQUIRED_LISTS = ['licenses', 'tags']
 TAGS_REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['description']
-PLATFORMS_REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['description']
 LICENSES_REQUIRED_FIELDS= ['identifier', 'name', 'url']
 
 def check_required_fields(item, errors, required_fields=[], required_lists=[], severity=logging.error):
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ def awesome_lint(step):
         step['module_options']['licenses_files'] = ['/licenses.yml']
     if  'last_updated_skip' not in step['module_options']:
         step['module_options']['last_updated_skip'] = []
+    if 'platforms_required_fields' not in step['module_options']:
+        step['module_options']['platforms_required_fields'] = ['description']
     licenses_list = []
     for filename in step['module_options']['licenses_files']:
         licenses_list = licenses_list + load_yaml_data(step['module_options']['source_directory'] + '/' + filename)
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ def awesome_lint(step):
         check_required_fields(tag, errors, required_fields=TAGS_REQUIRED_FIELDS, severity=logging.warning)
         check_tag_has_at_least_items(tag, software_list, tags_with_redirect, errors, min_items=3)
     for platform in platforms_list:
-        check_required_fields(platform, errors, required_fields=PLATFORMS_REQUIRED_FIELDS)
+        check_required_fields(platform, errors, required_fields=step['module_options']['platforms_required_fields'])
     for software in software_list:
         check_required_fields(software, errors, required_fields=SOFTWARE_REQUIRED_FIELDS, required_lists=SOFTWARE_REQUIRED_LISTS)
         check_description_syntax(software, errors)