diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index ad3dde9..d53a61a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y unzip
           sudo apt-get install -y tree
+          sudo apt-get install -y jq
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ jobs:
           hauler store sync --filename testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml
           # verify images are present
           hauler store info | grep 'musl'
+          # verify that only one kube-vip image with the correct platform is present
+          hauler store info --output json | jq -e '.artifacts | map(select(.type=="image" and .reference=="ghcr.io/kube-vip/kube-vip:v1.0.4")) | length == 1' >/dev/null
           # verify via sync with multiple files
           hauler store sync --filename testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml --filename testdata/hauler-manifest.yaml
           # need more tests here
diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/sync.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/sync.go
index fcddcd7..e83b27e 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/sync.go
@@ -501,6 +501,14 @@ func processContent(ctx context.Context, fi *os.File, o *flags.SyncOpts, s *stor
 						valuesFiles = append(valuesFiles, filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(fi.Name()), path))
 					}
 
+					platform := o.Platform
+					if annotation != nil && annotation[consts.ImageAnnotationPlatform] != "" {
+						platform = annotation[consts.ImageAnnotationPlatform]
+					}
+					if ch.Platform != "" {
+						platform = ch.Platform
+					}
+
 					if err := storeChart(ctx, s, ch,
 						&flags.AddChartOpts{
 							ChartOpts: &action.ChartPathOptions{
@@ -511,7 +519,7 @@ func processContent(ctx context.Context, fi *os.File, o *flags.SyncOpts, s *stor
 							AddDependencies: ch.AddDependencies,
 							ExcludeExtras:   excludeExtras,
 							Registry:        registry,
-							Platform:        o.Platform,
+							Platform:        platform,
 							ValuesFiles:     valuesFiles,
 						},
 						rso, ro,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/hauler.cattle.io/v1/chart.go b/pkg/apis/hauler.cattle.io/v1/chart.go
index ba63ad2..4309a3d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/hauler.cattle.io/v1/chart.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/hauler.cattle.io/v1/chart.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Chart struct {
 	Version     string   `json:"version,omitempty"`
 	Rewrite     string   `json:"rewrite,omitempty"`
 	ValuesFiles []string `json:"valuesFiles,omitempty"`
+	Platform    string   `json:"platform,omitempty"`
 
 	AddImages       bool `json:"add-images,omitempty"`
 	AddDependencies bool `json:"add-dependencies,omitempty"`
diff --git a/testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml b/testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml
index 64e738b..a924060 100755
--- a/testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/testdata/hauler-manifest-pipeline.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ spec:
       valuesFiles: 
         - "chart-with-file-dependency-chart-required-values-2.yaml"
         - "chart-with-file-dependency-chart-required-values.yaml"
+    - name: kube-vip
+      repoURL: https://kube-vip.github.io/helm-charts/
+      version: 0.9.9
+      add-images: true
+      platform: linux/amd64
 ---
 apiVersion: content.hauler.cattle.io/v1
 kind: Files