diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7dee35c..f6cd7e9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ desktop-base (5.0.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/README.Debian: announce the change.
   * debian/postinst:
     - make sure we can use /etc/splashy/config.xml.
+  * debian/source.lintian-overrides:
+    - add override for not adding ${misc:depends} to Depends: line.
 
- -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:54:09 +0100
+ -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:02:28 +0100
 
 desktop-base (5.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/source.lintian-overrides b/debian/source.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cebc8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# we ignore ${Misc:Depends} because it would bring gconf
+desktop-base source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends desktop-base