diff --git a/debian/rust.lintian-overrides b/debian/rust.lintian-overrides
index cf269d8ce7..6bfd0544c3 100644
--- a/debian/rust.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/rust.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Rust uses libraries that are not directly linked to libc
 rust binary: library-not-linked-against-libc
+
+rust binary: description-starts-with-package-name
diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index cbed4d2f86..28333c08e9 100644
--- a/debian/source/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # Rust source tree contains minified javascript code:
 # source-is-missing src/librustdoc/html/static/jquery-2.1.0.min.js
 rust source: source-is-missing
+
+rust source: description-starts-with-package-name