diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index b185f385..3d31202a 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Task::Weaken = 0
 [Prereqs / TestRequires]
 Test::More = 0.96
 
+[Breaks]
+Perl::Critic = < 1.122
+
 [DynamicPrereqs]
 -body = requires('File::Spec', is_os('MSWin32') ? '3.2701' : '0.84');
 -body = requires('IO::String') if $] < '5.008000';
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ filename = xt/author/kwalitee.t
 :version = 0.022
 verify_prereqs = 1
 version_extractor = ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+[Test::CheckBreaks]
 [Test::Portability]
 ;[Test::CleanNamespaces]
 
diff --git a/xt/author/check-breaks.t b/xt/author/check-breaks.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24e4ff9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xt/author/check-breaks.t
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More 0.88;
+
+use CPAN::Meta 2.120900;
+
+SKIP: {
+    skip 'no META.json in source tree (requires dzil build)', 1
+      if not -f 'META.json';
+
+    my $meta = CPAN::Meta->load_file('META.json');
+    my $breaks = $meta->custom('x_breaks') || {};
+
+    ok( exists $breaks->{'Perl::Critic'},
+        'x_breaks declares Perl::Critic < 1.122 (incompatible with PPI >= 1.218 operator token changes)'
+    );
+}
+
+done_testing;