diff --git a/debian/mariadb-common.lintian-overrides b/debian/mariadb-common.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03b98e43308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mariadb-common.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This false-positive as is just seeks dot
+synopsis-is-a-sentence "MariaDB database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/)"
diff --git a/debian/mysql-common.lintian-overrides b/debian/mysql-common.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..429aaa9898c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mysql-common.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This false-positive as is just seeks dot
+synopsis-is-a-sentence "MariaDB client common configuration files package (e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf)"