diff --git a/debian/php-common.lintian-overrides b/debian/php-common.lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..395bb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/php-common.lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# We are diverting files from old php5-cli to allow coinstalling with new PHP packaging
+php-common: diversion-for-unknown-file usr/bin/phar preinst:8
+php-common: diversion-for-unknown-file usr/share/man/man1/phar.1.gz preinst:11