diff --git a/debexpo/plugins/qa/lintian.py b/debexpo/plugins/qa/lintian.py
index 54c3e7b59fdc161757dc87490789649290eb8992..569275ae5ae47099367236f2ddaff06be40a086b 100644
--- a/debexpo/plugins/qa/lintian.py
+++ b/debexpo/plugins/qa/lintian.py
@@ -67,12 +67,16 @@ severities = {
                          constants.PLUGIN_SEVERITY_INFO),
     'X': LintianSeverity('Package has lintian experimental tags', 0,
                          constants.PLUGIN_SEVERITY_INFO),
+    '': LintianSeverity('Package is lintian clean', -1,
+                        constants.PLUGIN_SEVERITY_INFO),
     }
 
+
 @test_result
 class LintianTest(PluginResult):
     """ Summary of the lintian results """
 
+    # -1 -> package is clean
     max_lintian_severity = string_field('max_lintian_severity')
     severity = int_field('severity')
 
@@ -159,11 +163,16 @@ class LintianPlugin(QAPlugin):
                                     + " ".join(override_comments) + ")")
                 override_comments = []
             for line in lintian_data:
-                self.new_result(LintianWarning, package=package, severity=severity,
-                                tag=lintian_tag, data=line)
+                self.new_result(LintianWarning, package=package,
+                                severity=severity, tag=lintian_tag,
+                                data=line)
+
+        if not lintian_severities:
+            max_lintian_severity = ''
 
-        max_lintian_severity = max(lintian_severities,
-                                   key=lambda s: severities[s].int)
+        else:
+            max_lintian_severity = max(lintian_severities,
+                                       key=lambda s: severities[s].int)
         severity = severities[max_lintian_severity].plugin_severity
 
         self.new_test_result(severity=severity,