diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_config/variable.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_config/variable.sh.in
index aa9f6c07..a4c17fe4 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_config/variable.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_config/variable.sh.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ lint_config_variables() {
 
 	# pacman should be able to extract an email address from PACKAGER for WKD key lookup
 	local match='^([^<>]+ )?<[^<>]*>$'
-	if ! [[ $PACKAGER =~ $match ]]; then
+	if ! [[ $PACKAGER == "Unknown Packager" || $PACKAGER =~ $match ]]; then
 		warning "$(gettext "PACKAGER should have the format 'Example Name <email@address.invalid>'")"
 	fi