diff --git a/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/board_inspector.py b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/board_inspector.py
index a2373e2e8..833c074ab 100755
--- a/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/board_inspector.py
+++ b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/board_inspector.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from cpuparser import parse_cpuid, get_online_cpu_ids, get_offline_cpu_ids
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(script_dir))
 
+from inspectorlib import validator
+
 def check_deps():
     # Check that the required tools are installed on the system
     BIN_LIST = ['cpuid', 'rdmsr', 'lspci', ' dmidecode', 'blkid', 'stty']
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@ def main(board_name, board_xml, args):
                 continue
             module.extract(args, board_etree)
 
+        # Validate the XML against XSD assertions
+        count = validator.validate_board("schema/boardchecks.xsd", board_etree)
+        if count == 0:
+            logging.info("All board checks passed.")
+
         # Finally overwrite the output with the updated XML
         board_etree.write(board_xml, pretty_print=True)
         print("SUCCESS: Board configuration file {} generated successfully and saved to {}" \
diff --git a/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/inspectorlib/validator.py b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/inspectorlib/validator.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6409fe328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/inspectorlib/validator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+import sys, os
+import argparse
+import lxml.etree as etree
+import logging
+import xmlschema
+
+logging_fn = {
+    "error": logging.error,
+    "warning": logging.warning,
+    "info": logging.info,
+}
+
+def validate_board(xsd_path, board_etree):
+    schema_etree = etree.parse(xsd_path)
+    schema_etree.xinclude()
+    schema = xmlschema.XMLSchema11(schema_etree)
+
+    it = schema.iter_errors(board_etree)
+    count = 0
+    for error in it:
+        anno = error.validator.annotation
+        severity = anno.elem.get("{https://projectacrn.org}severity")
+        description = anno.elem.find("{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}documentation").text
+        logging_fn[severity](description)
+        if severity in ["error", "warning"]:
+            count += 1
+
+    return count
diff --git a/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/boardchecks.xsd b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/boardchecks.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdecfd32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/boardchecks.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xs:schema
+    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+
+  <xs:element name="acrn-config">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+	<xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+      <xs:anyAttribute processContents="skip"/>
+
+      <xi:include href="checks/platform_capabilities.xsd" xpointer="xpointer(id('root')/*)" />
+
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/checks/platform_capabilities.xsd b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/checks/platform_capabilities.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6af0241e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/config_tools/board_inspector/schema/checks/platform_capabilities.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xs:schema xml:id="root"
+	   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+	   xmlns:acrn="https://projectacrn.org">
+
+  <xs:assert test="every $model in processors/model satisfies exists($model/capability[@id='vmx'])">
+    <xs:annotation acrn:severity="error">
+      <xs:documentation>Intel(R) Virtualization Technology Extension shall be enabled in BIOS.</xs:documentation>
+    </xs:annotation>
+  </xs:assert>
+
+</xs:schema>