diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index c5bba25fd5..55b6bbf496 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -201,15 +201,15 @@ python buildhistory_emit_pkghistory() {
         # Find out what the last version was
         # Make sure the version did not decrease
         #
-        if d.getVar("BUILDHISTORY_CHECKVERBACKWARDS", True) == "1":
-            lastversion = getlastpkgversion(pkg)
-            if lastversion:
-                last_pkge = lastversion.pkge
-                last_pkgv = lastversion.pkgv
-                last_pkgr = lastversion.pkgr
-                r = bb.utils.vercmp((pkge, pkgv, pkgr), (last_pkge, last_pkgv, last_pkgr))
-                if r < 0:
-                    bb.error("Package version for package %s went backwards which would break package feeds from (%s:%s-%s to %s:%s-%s)" % (pkg, last_pkge, last_pkgv, last_pkgr, pkge, pkgv, pkgr))
+        lastversion = getlastpkgversion(pkg)
+        if lastversion:
+            last_pkge = lastversion.pkge
+            last_pkgv = lastversion.pkgv
+            last_pkgr = lastversion.pkgr
+            r = bb.utils.vercmp((pkge, pkgv, pkgr), (last_pkge, last_pkgv, last_pkgr))
+            if r < 0:
+                msg = "Package version for package %s went backwards which would break package feeds from (%s:%s-%s to %s:%s-%s)" % (pkg, last_pkge, last_pkgv, last_pkgr, pkge, pkgv, pkgr)
+                package_qa_handle_error("version-going-backwards", msg, d)
 
         pkginfo = PackageInfo(pkg)
         # Apparently the version can be different on a per-package basis (see Python)
diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index 75bd2e2b22..aa02985f8d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ WARN_QA ?= "ldflags useless-rpaths rpaths staticdev libdir xorg-driver-abi \
 ERROR_QA ?= "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la \
             perms dep-cmp pkgvarcheck perm-config perm-line perm-link \
             split-strip packages-list pkgv-undefined var-undefined \
+            version-going-backwards \
             "
 
 ALL_QA = "${WARN_QA} ${ERROR_QA}"