diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index 134c57c..95e74b9 100644
--- a/debian/source/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # License is in License-Reference field (see bug#786450)
 missing-license-text-in-dep5-copyright
 missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright
+
+# Debhelper 9 is satisfied even in oldstable
+package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends 9