diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 11ea79b..6b1aaab 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.204) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Simon Quigley ]
   * Update Standards-Version to 4.7.1, no changes needed.
+  * Add several Lintian overrides related to .pyc files.
 
   [ Julien Plissonneau Duquène ]
   * Fix reverse-depends -b crash on packages that b-d on themselves
diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95f8924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# pyc files are machine-generated; they're expected to have long lines and have unstated copyright
+source: file-without-copyright-information *.pyc [debian/copyright]
+source: very-long-line-length-in-source-file * > 512 [*.pyc:*]