diff --git a/debian/lintian-override b/debian/lintian-override
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..913cba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/lintian-override
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# dnsmasq-base and dnsmasq-base-lua are mutually exclusive and both
+# provide /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq-base
+dnsmasq-base-lua binary: usr-share-doc-symlink-without-dependency dnsmasq-base
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c9e5d87..de65a6b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ else
 	rm -rf debian/trees/lua-base/usr/share/man
 endif
 	$(call add_files,debian/trees/lua-base)
+	install -m 755 -d debian/trees/lua-base/usr/share/lintian/overrides
+	install -m 644 debian/lintian-override debian/trees/lua-base/usr/share/lintian/overrides/dnsmasq-base-lua
 ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-strip -R .note -R .comment debian/trees/lua-base/usr/sbin/dnsmasq
 endif