diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/database/migrations/m006_packages_architecture_required.py b/src/ahriman/core/database/migrations/m006_packages_architecture_required.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5438286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/database/migrations/m006_packages_architecture_required.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+__all__ = ["steps"]
+
+
+steps = [
+    """
+    alter table packages rename to packages_
+    """,
+    """
+    create table packages (
+        package text not null,
+        package_base text not null,
+        architecture text not null,
+        archive_size integer,
+        build_date integer,
+        depends json,
+        description text,
+        filename text,
+        "groups" json,
+        installed_size integer,
+        licenses json,
+        provides json,
+        url text,
+        make_depends json,
+        opt_depends json,
+        unique (package, architecture)
+    )
+    """,
+    """
+    insert into packages select * from packages_ where architecture is not null;
+    """,
+    """
+    drop table packages_;
+    """,
+]
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/database/operations/package_operations.py b/src/ahriman/core/database/operations/package_operations.py
index 595522b3..789816c9 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/database/operations/package_operations.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/database/operations/package_operations.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class PackageOperations(Operations):
         """
         package_list = []
         for name, description in package.packages.items():
+            if description.architecture is None:
+                continue  # architecture is required
             package_list.append(dict(package=name, package_base=package.base, **description.view()))
         connection.executemany(
             """
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/database/migrations/test_m006_packages_architecture_required.py b/tests/ahriman/core/database/migrations/test_m006_packages_architecture_required.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3929af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/database/migrations/test_m006_packages_architecture_required.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from ahriman.core.database.migrations.m006_packages_architecture_required import steps
+
+
+def test_migration_logs() -> None:
+    """
+    migration must not be empty
+    """
+    assert steps
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/database/operations/test_package_operations.py b/tests/ahriman/core/database/operations/test_package_operations.py
index 1306e4c2..5e7309c3 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/database/operations/test_package_operations.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/database/operations/test_package_operations.py
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ def test_package_update_insert_packages(database: SQLite, connection: Connection
     connection.executemany(pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, strict=True), pytest.helpers.anyvar(int))
 
 
+def test_package_update_insert_packages_no_arch(database: SQLite, connection: Connection,
+                                                package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
+    """
+    must skip package insertion if no package architecture set
+    """
+    package_ahriman.packages[package_ahriman.base].architecture = None
+    database._package_update_insert_packages(connection, package_ahriman)
+    connection.executemany(pytest.helpers.anyvar(str, strict=True), [])
+
+
 def test_package_update_insert_status(database: SQLite, connection: Connection, package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
     """
     must insert single package status