diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b66d7a3..74a64e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.146) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * sponsor-patch: Use ubuntu profile when running lintian.
+
+ -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>  Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:27:03 +0100
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.145) experimental; urgency=low
 
   [ Stefano Rivera ]
diff --git a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
index a26ba5b..fcbc9e0 100644
--- a/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
+++ b/ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/source_package.py
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ class SourcePackage(object):
         # Check lintian
         assert os.path.isfile(changes_for_lintian), "%s does not exist." % \
                                                     (changes_for_lintian)
-        cmd = ["lintian", "-IE", "--pedantic", "-q", changes_for_lintian]
+        cmd = ["lintian", "-IE", "--pedantic", "-q", "--profile", "ubuntu",
+               changes_for_lintian]
         lintian_filename = os.path.join(self._workdir,
                                         self._package + "_" +
                                         strip_epoch(self._version) + ".lintian")