diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index d0dbbdb57b..dd3323dbe2 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ OELAYOUT_ABI = "8"
 INHERIT += "poky-sanity"
 
 # QA check settings - a little stricter than the OE-Core defaults
-WARN_QA = "textrel files-invalid incompatible-license xorg-driver-abi libdir"
+WARN_QA = "textrel files-invalid incompatible-license xorg-driver-abi libdir \
+           unknown-configure-option"
 ERROR_QA = "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la perms \
             useless-rpaths rpaths staticdev ldflags pkgvarcheck already-stripped \
             compile-host-path dep-cmp installed-vs-shipped install-host-path \