diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index a6ab5cf939..9069e0c8a4 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ DISTRO_VERSION = "3.0+snapshot-${DATE}"
 MAINTAINER = "OpenedHand <poky@openedhand.com>"
 
 PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_ipk"
-INHERIT = "${PACKAGE_CLASSES} debian multimachine poky devshell insane"
+INHERIT_INSANE ?= "insane"
+INHERIT = "${PACKAGE_CLASSES} debian multimachine poky devshell ${INHERIT_INSANE}"
 # For some reason, this doesn't work
 # TARGET_OS ?= "linux"
 # TARGET_VENDOR ?= "-poky"