diff --git a/debian/plinth.lintian-overrides b/debian/plinth.lintian-overrides
index dba452ad8..649a9cad9 100644
--- a/debian/plinth.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/plinth.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# debconf is used only to display a message, and not to get
+# configuration.
+plinth binary: no-debconf-config
+
 # Apache configuration for the Plinth itself is shipped with proper
 # name plinth.conf.  However, due to the nature of the package, Plinth
 # takes the responsibility of configuring various other services