diff --git a/util/build-debian-package.sh b/util/build-debian-package.sh
index 9505b7ec0..5b48a1938 100755
--- a/util/build-debian-package.sh
+++ b/util/build-debian-package.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ dpkg-gencontrol -P$BUILD_DIR -v$DEBVERSION
 fakeroot dpkg-deb --build $BUILD_DIR
 cp $BUILD_PATH/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-$ARCH.deb $SRC_PATH
 shasum -a 256 $SRC_PATH/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-$ARCH.deb
-# Analyze with Lintian, reporting bugs and policy violations
-lintian -i $SRC_PATH/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-$ARCH.deb
+# Analyze with Lintian, reporting bugs and policy violations (optional tool).
+# Guarded so the build does not fail under `set -e` when lintian is not installed.
+if command -v lintian >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  lintian -i $SRC_PATH/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION-$ARCH.deb
+else
+  echo "lintian not installed; skipping package analysis. The .deb was built successfully."
+fi
 exit 0