diff --git a/build/scripts/Targets/TargetDescriptionFiles/AVR8/Services/ValidationService.php b/build/scripts/Targets/TargetDescriptionFiles/AVR8/Services/ValidationService.php
index cd033681..f277a11f 100644
--- a/build/scripts/Targets/TargetDescriptionFiles/AVR8/Services/ValidationService.php
+++ b/build/scripts/Targets/TargetDescriptionFiles/AVR8/Services/ValidationService.php
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ class ValidationService extends \Targets\TargetDescriptionFiles\Services\Validat
             $failures[] = 'Missing "signatures" memory segment';
         }
 
+        if (
+            $tdf->getMemorySegment('data', 'fuses') === null
+            && $tdf->getMemorySegment('fuses', 'fuses') === null
+        ) {
+            $failures[] = 'Missing "fuses" memory segment';
+        }
+
         if (
             $tdf->getMemorySegment('data', 'gp_registers') === null
             && $tdf->getMemorySegment('register_file', 'gp_registers') === null