diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
index 864fb2d960..1148b307a5 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/variants.rpm.xml.j2
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@
             <arch>x86_64</arch>
         </arches>
     </variant>
+    <variant id="COSMIC-Atomic" name="COSMIC-Atomic" type="variant" is_empty="true">
+        <arches>
+            <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            <arch>x86_64</arch>
+        </arches>
+    </variant>
 </variants>