diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.oscap.autotailor.meta.json b/stages/org.osbuild.oscap.autotailor.meta.json
index 11091790..8d4daede 100644
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.oscap.autotailor.meta.json
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.oscap.autotailor.meta.json
@@ -36,9 +36,21 @@
       },
       "tailoring": {
         "additionalProperties": false,
-        "required": [
-          "profile_id",
-          "datastream"
+        "oneOf": [
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "profile_id",
+              "datastream",
+              "new_profile"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "profile_id",
+              "datastream",
+              "tailored_profile_id"
+            ]
+          }
         ],
         "type": "object",
         "description": "OpenSCAP configuration variables",
diff --git a/stages/test/test_autotailor.py b/stages/test/test_autotailor.py
index c06c42e0..00bfe0e0 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_autotailor.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_autotailor.py
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ def test_oscap_autotailor_json_smoke(mock_subprocess_run, fake_json_input, stage
             "tailored_profile_id": "some-new-profile"
         }, "{'datastream': 'some-datastream', 'tailored_profile_id': 'some-new-profile'}"
             + " is not valid under any of the given schemas"),
+        ({
+            "datastream": "some-datastream",
+            "profile_id": "some-profile-id",
+        }, "{'datastream': 'some-datastream', 'profile_id': 'some-profile-id'}"
+            + " is not valid under any of the given schemas"),
         ({
             "datastream": "some-datastream",
             "tailoring_file": "/some/tailoring/file.json"