diff -Nru binutils-2.29.1/debian/changelog binutils-2.29.1/debian/changelog
--- binutils-2.29.1/debian/changelog	2017-11-13 14:45:39.000000000 +0000
+++ binutils-2.29.1/debian/changelog	2017-11-22 12:51:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+binutils (2.29.1-8+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  [changes brought forward from 2.29-4+rpi1 by Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org> at Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:41:49 +0000]
+  * Disable testsuite, it fails on our lxc based autobuilders.
+
+ -- Raspbian forward porter <root@raspbian.org>  Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:51:04 +0000
+
 binutils (2.29.1-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Apply proposed patch for PR gold/22233. Closes: #876786.
diff -Nru binutils-2.29.1/debian/rules binutils-2.29.1/debian/rules
--- binutils-2.29.1/debian/rules	2017-11-08 11:11:25.000000000 +0000
+++ binutils-2.29.1/debian/rules	2017-11-22 12:51:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 
 CONFARGS_TARGET_aarch64		= --enable-targets=aarch64_be-linux-gnu
 
-with_check := yes
+with_check := disabled by plugwash
 ifneq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	with_check := disabled through DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
 endif