diff --git a/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetDescriptionFile.php b/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetDescriptionFile.php
index 1a1c759e..ebfc565d 100644
--- a/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetDescriptionFile.php
+++ b/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetDescriptionFile.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Bloom\BuildScripts\TargetDescriptionFiles;
 use Exception;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
 
+require_once __DIR__ . "/TargetFamily.php";
 require_once __DIR__ . "/Variant.php";
 require_once __DIR__ . "/AddressSpace.php";
 require_once __DIR__ . "/PropertyGroup.php";
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class TargetDescriptionFile
     public ?SimpleXMLElement $xml = null;
 
     public ?string $targetName = null;
+    public ?TargetFamily $targetFamily = null;
     public ?string $configurationValue = null;
     public ?string $targetArchitecture = null;
 
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ class TargetDescriptionFile
                 $this->configurationValue = strtolower($device['name']);
             }
 
+            if (!empty($this->deviceAttributesByName['family'])) {
+                $this->targetFamily = TargetFamily::tryFrom($device['family']);
+            }
+
             if (!empty($this->deviceAttributesByName['architecture'])) {
                 $this->targetArchitecture = stristr($device['architecture'], 'avr') !== false
                     ? self::ARCHITECTURE_AVR8 : $device['architecture'];
@@ -486,6 +492,10 @@ class TargetDescriptionFile
             $failures[] = 'Target name cannot contain whitespaces';
         }
 
+        if (empty($this->targetFamily)) {
+            $failures[] = 'Missing/invalid target family';
+        }
+
         if (empty($this->targetArchitecture)) {
             $failures[] = 'Target architecture not found';
         }
diff --git a/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetFamily.php b/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetFamily.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..495ea1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/scripts/TargetDescriptionFiles/TargetFamily.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+namespace Bloom\BuildScripts\TargetDescriptionFiles;
+
+enum TargetFamily: string
+{
+    case AVR_8 = 'AVR8';
+    case RISC_V = 'RISCV';
+}