diff -Nru binutils-2.31.1/debian/changelog binutils-2.31.1/debian/changelog
--- binutils-2.31.1/debian/changelog	2018-10-18 06:54:07.000000000 +0000
+++ binutils-2.31.1/debian/changelog	2018-10-21 14:54:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+binutils (2.31.1-7+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>  Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:54:44 +0000
+
 binutils (2.31.1-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Snapshot, taken from the 2.31 branch (20181018).
diff -Nru binutils-2.31.1/debian/rules binutils-2.31.1/debian/rules
--- binutils-2.31.1/debian/rules	2018-09-19 11:56:27.000000000 +0000
+++ binutils-2.31.1/debian/rules	2018-10-21 14:54:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 
 CONFARGS_TARGET_aarch64		= --enable-targets=aarch64_be-linux-gnu
 
-with_check := yes
+with_check := disabled by plugwash
 ifneq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   # override buildd admins to run the testsuite anyway ...
   ifeq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), m68k powerpcspe sh4))