diff -Nru gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/changelog gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-09-19 10:57:58.000000000 +0000
+++ gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-09-22 11:28:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gdk-pixbuf (2.38.0+dfsg-6+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 22 Sep 2018 11:28:30 +0000
+
 gdk-pixbuf (2.38.0+dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload
diff -Nru gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/rules gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/rules
--- gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/rules	2018-09-19 10:57:58.000000000 +0000
+++ gdk-pixbuf-2.38.0+dfsg/debian/rules	2018-09-22 11:28:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0.postrm
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq ($(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),)
+ifeq ($(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),testsuitedisabled)
 	# on slow arches the "slow" tests take longer than the timeout allowed
 	# by upstream; allow even more time (-t is a multipiler)
 	meson test --print-errorlogs -C $(CURDIR)/obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) -t 5