diff -Nru lintian-2.2.17ubuntu1/checks/init.d lintian-2.2.17ubuntu2/checks/init.d
--- lintian-2.2.17ubuntu1/checks/init.d	2009-09-22 12:13:06.000000000 -0500
+++ lintian-2.2.17ubuntu2/checks/init.d	2009-12-15 13:35:26.000000000 -0600
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@
 opendir(INITD, "init.d") or fail("cannot read init.d directory: $!");
 for (readdir(INITD)) {
     next if $_ eq '.' || $_ eq '..' || $_ eq 'README' || $_ eq 'skeleton';
+    # Skip init scripts which are symlinks to /lib/init/upstart-job
+    if (-l "init.d/$_") {
+        my $link = readlink("init.d/$_");
+        next if ($link =~ m,lib/init/upstart-job$,);
+    }
     unless ($initd_postinst{$_}) {
 	tag "script-in-etc-init.d-not-registered-via-update-rc.d", "/etc/init.d/$_";
 	check_init("init.d/$_") if -f "init.d/$_";