diff --git a/cmd/limactl/genschema.go b/cmd/limactl/genschema.go
index 09bec5e930f..6116b8c57a2 100644
--- a/cmd/limactl/genschema.go
+++ b/cmd/limactl/genschema.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/invopop/jsonschema"
 	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/pkg/limayaml"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2"
 )
 
 func newGenSchemaCommand() *cobra.Command {
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ func newGenSchemaCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return genschemaCommand
 }
 
+func toAny(args []string) []any {
+	result := []any{nil}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		result = append(result, arg)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func getProp(props *orderedmap.OrderedMap[string, *jsonschema.Schema], key string) *jsonschema.Schema {
+	value, ok := props.Get(key)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return value
+}
+
 func genschemaAction(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	schema := jsonschema.Reflect(&limayaml.LimaYAML{})
 	// allow Disk to be either string (name) or object (struct)
@@ -28,6 +45,11 @@ func genschemaAction(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		{Type: "string"},
 		{Type: "object"},
 	}
+	properties := schema.Definitions["LimaYAML"].Properties
+	getProp(properties, "os").Enum = toAny(limayaml.OSTypes)
+	getProp(properties, "arch").Enum = toAny(limayaml.ArchTypes)
+	getProp(properties, "mountType").Enum = toAny(limayaml.MountTypes)
+	getProp(properties, "vmType").Enum = toAny(limayaml.VMTypes)
 	j, err := json.MarshalIndent(schema, "", "    ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go b/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
index 89d72bf550e..2d1424a3e1b 100644
--- a/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
+++ b/pkg/limayaml/limayaml.go
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ type LimaYAML struct {
 
 type (
 	OS        = string
+	OSType    = OS
 	Arch      = string
+	ArchType  = Arch
 	MountType = string
 	VMType    = string
 )
@@ -71,6 +73,13 @@ const (
 	WSL2 VMType = "wsl2"
 )
 
+var (
+	OSTypes    = []OSType{LINUX}
+	ArchTypes  = []ArchType{X8664, AARCH64, ARMV7L, RISCV64}
+	MountTypes = []MountType{REVSSHFS, NINEP, VIRTIOFS, WSLMount}
+	VMTypes    = []VMType{QEMU, VZ, WSL2}
+)
+
 type Rosetta struct {
 	Enabled *bool `yaml:"enabled" json:"enabled" jsonschema:"nullable"`
 	BinFmt  *bool `yaml:"binfmt" json:"binfmt" jsonschema:"nullable"`