diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ce2e4fdd..775e483f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ binary-arch: build
 	dh_installman -plibwings-dev debian/manpages/get-wutil-flags.1
 	dh_installchangelogs -a ChangeLog
 #	dh_strip -a
+	dh_lintian
 	dh_compress -a
 	dh_fixperms -a
 	cd debian && find -name \*.la -exec chmod a-X {} \;
@@ -264,10 +265,6 @@ install-wmaker-stamp: build-wmaker-stamp
 # This has the new default Debian theme settings.
 	cp debian/WindowMaker.default $(DEBTMPDIR)/$(DEFAULTSDIR)/WindowMaker
 
-# Overrides lintian warnings
-	dh_installdirs usr/share/lintian/overrides
-	cp debian/wmaker.overrides debian/wmaker/usr/share/lintian/overrides/wmaker
-
 # WPrefs
 # fix the location of WPrefs
 	# mv $(DEBTMPDIR)/$(WPREFSAPPDIR)/WPrefs $(DEBTMPDIR)/$(BINDIR)
diff --git a/debian/wmaker.overrides b/debian/wmaker.lintian-overrides
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/wmaker.overrides
rename to debian/wmaker.lintian-overrides