diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 436c29cf..8cb4619c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ debian-cd (3.1.22) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ]
   * Use compressed kernel image by default in boot-hppa.
 
+  [ Holger Levsen ]
+  * Add lintian override for missing-depends-on-sensible-utils as
+    sensible-editor is merely mentioned in the README.
+
  -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>  Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:26:46 +0000
 
 debian-cd (3.1.21) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/debian-cd.lintian-overrides b/debian/debian-cd.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21f2a22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/debian-cd.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian-cd binary: missing-depends-on-sensible-utils usr/share/debian-cd/README
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ce79f499..010be0e0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ install-stamp: build-stamp
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_prep
 	dh_installdirs
+	dh_lintian
 
 	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/tmp.
 	cp -r contrib tools tasks data Makefile README README.devel build.sh \