diff --git a/usr/bin/permission-hardener b/usr/bin/permission-hardener
index 61298e6..e643ada 100755
--- a/usr/bin/permission-hardener
+++ b/usr/bin/permission-hardener
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ output_stat(){
 
   block_newlines file "${file_name}"
 
-  if [[ $file_name == --* ]]; then
-    log warn "File name starts with '--'. This would be interpreted by dpkg-statoverride as an option. Skipping. file_name: '${file_name}'" >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
+  ## dpkg-statoverride can acttually handle '--file-name'.
+#   if [[ $file_name == --* ]]; then
+#     log warn "File name starts with '--'. This would be interpreted by dpkg-statoverride as an option. Skipping. file_name: '${file_name}'" >&2
+#     return 1
+#   fi
 
   declare -a arr
   local file_name_from_stat stat_output stat_output_newlined