diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index eedff1d..1158155 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	LINTIAN_OPTS=([0]="--lintian-opt=--suppress-tags" [1]="--lintian-opt=bad-distribution-in-changes-file")
 fi
 
-sbuild --no-source --arch-any --arch-all \
+SBUILD_CONFIG="$SCRIPTDIR/dev/sbuildrc" sbuild --no-source --arch-any --arch-all \
   ${CHROOT:+-c $CHROOT} \
   ${DISTRIBUTION:+-d $DISTRIBUTION} \
   "${EXTRA_DEBS_SBUILD[@]}" \
diff --git a/dev/sbuildrc b/dev/sbuildrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ddfb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/sbuildrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# The following options can be only appended to from the command line.
+# Let's reset them to empty lists to override the users's ~/.sbuildrc.
+
+$lintian_opts = [];
+$autopkgtest_root_args = [];
+$autopkgtest_opts = [];