diff -Nru cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/changelog cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/changelog
--- cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/changelog	2015-09-23 19:19:22.000000000 +0000
+++ cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/changelog	2016-01-23 11:43:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cython (0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1-1+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:43:37 +0000
+
 cython (0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fresh upstream snapshot
diff -Nru cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/rules cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/rules
--- cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/rules	2015-09-23 19:19:22.000000000 +0000
+++ cython-0.23.2+git16-ga8fbae1/debian/rules	2016-01-23 11:42:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuite-disabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	set -e; for P in $(PY2VERS) $(PY3VERS); do \
 	 PYTHONPATH=`/bin/ls -d $(CURDIR)/build/lib.*-$$P` \
 	  /usr/bin/python$$P runtests.py --no-refnanny -v -v --exclude="(parallel|Debugger)" --work-dir=build/work-dir 2>&1; \