diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index f655f9a47..b37de71af 100644
--- a/debian/source/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # binary test files used by the test suite to verify that changing the RPATH works fine
 cmake source: source-is-missing Tests/CMakeTests/ELF/elf*.bin
+# test files
+cmake source: source-contains-cmake-cache-file Tests/*/CMakeCache.txt