diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index b0ad42645908af32d92ec9df6c77ec72d175c196..ba72832b9835ff255ba5968c5c62333ef77000dc 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -597,6 +597,13 @@ const options = [
     default: 'deps',
   },
   // PR Behaviour
+  {
+    name: 'rollbackPrs',
+    description:
+      'Create PRs to roll back versions if the current version is not found in the registry',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  },
   {
     name: 'recreateClosed',
     description: 'Recreate PRs even if same ones were closed previously',
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
index 2997eb3ef834239a9e7f3dc22394e1015b20179a..3e342d89b1a953ae76f104c757e6c8234a067203 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/lookup/index.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async function lookupUpdates(config) {
     const allSatisfyingVersions = allVersions.filter(version =>
       matches(version, currentValue)
     );
-    if (!allSatisfyingVersions.length) {
+    if (config.rollbackPrs && !allSatisfyingVersions.length) {
       const rollback = getRollbackUpdate(config, allVersions);
       // istanbul ignore if
       if (!rollback) {
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
index 49ecb721492f6381c15085c67a22f93cdc426bf6..bcd6f5e2da0361c0f6e60225035a74bbc58c9c79 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/repository/updates/__snapshots__/flatten.spec.js.snap
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Array [
     "recreateClosed": false,
     "requiredStatusChecks": Array [],
     "reviewers": Array [],
+    "rollbackPrs": true,
     "schedule": Array [],
     "semanticCommitScope": "deps",
     "semanticCommitType": "chore",
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ Array [
     "recreateClosed": false,
     "requiredStatusChecks": Array [],
     "reviewers": Array [],
+    "rollbackPrs": true,
     "schedule": Array [],
     "semanticCommitScope": "deps",
     "semanticCommitType": "chore",
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ Array [
     "recreateClosed": true,
     "requiredStatusChecks": Array [],
     "reviewers": Array [],
+    "rollbackPrs": true,
     "schedule": Array [
       "before 5am on monday",
     ],
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ Array [
     "recreateClosed": false,
     "requiredStatusChecks": Array [],
     "reviewers": Array [],
+    "rollbackPrs": true,
     "schedule": Array [],
     "semanticCommitScope": "deps",
     "semanticCommitType": "chore",
diff --git a/website/docs/configuration-options.md b/website/docs/configuration-options.md
index e0b6f3b62d803a2f2c2dc0f00918c488ec67ac48..9c123dd8536ba2480d5f2661bbfef180aadf4b6f 100644
--- a/website/docs/configuration-options.md
+++ b/website/docs/configuration-options.md
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ Similar to `ignoreUnstable`, this option controls whether to update to versions
 
 Must be valid usernames. Note: does not currently work with the GitHub App due to an outstanding GitHub API bug.
 
+## rollbackPrs
+
+Set this to false either globally, per-language, or per-package if you want to disable Renovate's behaviour of generating rollback PRs when it can't find the current version on the registry anymore.
+
 ## schedule
 
 The `schedule` option allows you to define 1 or more times of week for Renovate updates. Running Renovate around the clock may seem too "noisy" for some projects and therefore `schedule` is a good way to reduce the noise by reducing the timeframe in which Renovate will operate on your repository.