diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c3443a2..5ab33789 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 linkchecker (1.12.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
+  * add lintian overrides
 
  -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Mon,  5 Apr 2004 12:03:33 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/linkchecker.dirs b/debian/linkchecker.dirs
index 3894c6b6..fb6f4589 100644
--- a/debian/linkchecker.dirs
+++ b/debian/linkchecker.dirs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ etc
 usr/lib/cgi-bin/lconline
 var/www/lconline
 etc/bash_completion.d
+usr/share/lintian/overrides
diff --git a/debian/linkchecker.lintian b/debian/linkchecker.lintian
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fb66bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/linkchecker.lintian
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linkchecker: script-not-executable ./usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/linkcheck/optcomplete.py
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3acf9363..81ce5dcd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ install: build
 	install -m644 $(ROOT)/usr/share/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc $(ROOT)/etc
 # install bash_completion script
 	install -m644 linkchecker-completion $(ROOT)/etc/bash_completion.d
-
+# install lintian overrides
+	install -m644 debian/linkchecker.lintian $(ROOT)/usr/share/lintian/overrides/linkchecker
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build install