diff --git a/debian/freedombox-doc-en.lintian-overrides b/debian/freedombox-doc-en.lintian-overrides
index 52c996b2e..2ad0a77d9 100644
--- a/debian/freedombox-doc-en.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/freedombox-doc-en.lintian-overrides
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # programs but are also useful as stand alone documentation should be installed
 # elsewhere, such as under /usr/share/package/, and then included via symbolic
 # links in /usr/share/doc/package.
-freedombox-doc-en: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc usr/share/freedombox/manual/*
+freedombox-doc-en: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc [usr/share/freedombox/manual/*]
diff --git a/debian/freedombox-doc-es.lintian-overrides b/debian/freedombox-doc-es.lintian-overrides
index 0078711c3..562f1aa8a 100644
--- a/debian/freedombox-doc-es.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/freedombox-doc-es.lintian-overrides
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # programs but are also useful as stand alone documentation should be installed
 # elsewhere, such as under /usr/share/package/, and then included via symbolic
 # links in /usr/share/doc/package.
-freedombox-doc-es: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc usr/share/freedombox/manual/*
+freedombox-doc-es: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc [usr/share/freedombox/manual/*]
diff --git a/debian/freedombox.lintian-overrides b/debian/freedombox.lintian-overrides
index c7a85c29c..2e3b9ec99 100644
--- a/debian/freedombox.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/freedombox.lintian-overrides
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ freedombox binary: web-application-works-only-with-apache
 # is no equivalent for this in sysvinit. Sometimes, FreedomBox provide service
 # files for packages that do not provide them. FreedomBox does not support
 # sysvinit so no init.d equivalent is provided.
-freedombox: package-supports-alternative-init-but-no-init.d-script usr/lib/systemd/system/*
+freedombox: package-supports-alternative-init-but-no-init.d-script [usr/lib/systemd/system/*]
 
 # Not documentation
-freedombox: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc usr/share/plinth/static/jslicense.html
+freedombox: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc [usr/share/plinth/static/jslicense.html]
diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb7a5c201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# These pages are directly copied from wiki.debian.org. The wiki tool does not
+# auto-format to break lines and users not interested breaking lines as the
+# editor lack rewraping capability. Don't expect the wiki documents to have
+# short lines.
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [doc/manual/*.raw.wiki:*]
+
+# Misc. files which can't be fixed to have short line lengths.
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [plinth/modules/deluge/tests/data/sample.torrent:*]
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [plinth/modules/transmission/tests/data/sample.torrent:*]
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [doc/visual_design/FreedomBox-Logo.7z:*]
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [plinth/modules/i2p/tests/data/router.config:*]
+very-long-line-length-in-source-file * [COPYING.md:*]