diff --git a/cli/internal/cloudcmd/create.go b/cli/internal/cloudcmd/create.go
index 490cc84a5..889c8291b 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cloudcmd/create.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cloudcmd/create.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/config"
 )
 
+// ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform is returned when trying to create a QEMU cluster on a platform other than linux/amd64
+var ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform = fmt.Errorf("creation of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s (only linux/amd64 is supported)", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+
 // Creator creates cloud resources.
 type Creator struct {
 	out                io.Writer
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ func (c *Creator) Create(ctx context.Context, provider cloudprovider.Provider, c
 		return c.createAzure(ctx, cl, config, name, insType, controlPlaneCount, workerCount)
 	case cloudprovider.QEMU:
 		if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" || runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-			return clusterid.File{}, fmt.Errorf("creation of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+			return clusterid.File{}, ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform
 		}
 		cl, err := c.newTerraformClient(ctx, provider)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/internal/cloudcmd/terminate.go b/cli/internal/cloudcmd/terminate.go
index 40a3eb10f..d1d1c8fc2 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cloudcmd/terminate.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cloudcmd/terminate.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/cloud/cloudprovider"
 )
 
+// ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform is returned when trying to destroy a QEMU cluster on a platform other than linux/amd64
+var ErrQEMUTerminationNotSupportedOnPlatform = fmt.Errorf("termination of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s (only linux/amd64 is supported)", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+
 // Terminator deletes cloud provider resources.
 type Terminator struct {
 	newTerraformClient func(ctx context.Context, provider cloudprovider.Provider) (terraformClient, error)
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ func (t *Terminator) Terminate(ctx context.Context, provider cloudprovider.Provi
 
 	if provider == cloudprovider.QEMU {
 		if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" || runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("termination of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+			return ErrQEMUTerminationNotSupportedOnPlatform
 		}
 
 		libvirt := t.newLibvirtRunner()
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
index 9b869c0b8..e0a77e0d6 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/cli/internal/cloudcmd"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/cli/internal/clusterid"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/cloud/cloudprovider"
@@ -33,6 +36,10 @@ func newMiniDownCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func runDown(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" || runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		return cloudcmd.ErrQEMUTerminationNotSupportedOnPlatform
+	}
+
 	if err := checkForMiniCluster(file.NewHandler(afero.NewOsFs())); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to destroy cluster: %w. Are you in the correct working directory?", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown_windows.go b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown_windows.go
index 2788e6b2b..8e5f01098 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown_windows.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown_windows.go
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-
+	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/cli/internal/cloudcmd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -29,5 +27,5 @@ func newMiniDownCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func runDown(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("termination of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	return cloudcmd.ErrQEMUTerminationNotSupportedOnPlatform
 }
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
index b37311050..324713533 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func up(cmd *cobra.Command, creator cloudCreator, spinner spinnerInterf) error {
 func checkSystemRequirements(out io.Writer) error {
 	// check arch/os
 	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" || runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("creation of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+		return cloudcmd.ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform
 	}
 
 	// check if /dev/kvm exists
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup_windows.go b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup_windows.go
index 7aa1a8ba1..08494ca84 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup_windows.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup_windows.go
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-
+	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/cli/internal/cloudcmd"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -33,5 +31,5 @@ func newMiniUpCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func runUp(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("creation of a QEMU based Constellation is not supported for %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	return cloudcmd.ErrQEMUCreationNotSupportedOnPlatform
 }