diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index 8788f58fc5b..38126d89a58 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ERROR_QA ?= "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la \
             already-stripped installed-vs-shipped ldflags compile-host-path \
             install-host-path pn-overrides unknown-configure-option \
             useless-rpaths rpaths staticdev empty-dirs \
-            patch-fuzz patch-status-core\
+            patch-fuzz patch-status-core 32bit-time \
             "
 # Add usrmerge QA check based on distro feature
 ERROR_QA:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', ' usrmerge', '', d)}"
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ def check_32bit_symbols(path, packagename, d, elf, messages):
     """
     Check that ELF files do not use any 32 bit time APIs from glibc.
     """
+    thirtytwo_bit_time_archs = set(('arm','armeb','mipsarcho32','powerpc','x86'))
+    overrides = set(d.getVar('OVERRIDES').split(':'))
+    if not(thirtytwo_bit_time_archs & overrides):
+        return
+
     import re
     # This list is manually constructed by searching the image folder of the
     # glibc recipe for __USE_TIME_BITS64.  There is no good way to do this