diff -Nru cython-0.26.1/debian/changelog cython-0.26.1/debian/changelog
--- cython-0.26.1/debian/changelog	2017-09-05 15:46:58.000000000 +0000
+++ cython-0.26.1/debian/changelog	2017-10-27 22:29:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cython (0.26.1-0.3+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:29:56 +0000
+
 cython (0.26.1-0.3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru cython-0.26.1/debian/rules cython-0.26.1/debian/rules
--- cython-0.26.1/debian/rules	2017-09-05 15:46:58.000000000 +0000
+++ cython-0.26.1/debian/rules	2017-10-27 22:29:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	set -e; for P in $(PY2VERS) $(PY3VERS); do \
 	 echo =============== $$P start ===============; \
 	 PYTHONPATH=`/bin/ls -d $(CURDIR)/build/lib.*-$$P` \