diff -Nru golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/changelog golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/changelog
--- golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/changelog	2016-10-03 22:12:11.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/changelog	2016-10-10 12:39:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+golang-1.6 (1.6.3-2+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  [changes brought forward from golang 2:1.5.3-1+rpi1 by Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org> at Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:49:39 +0000]
+  * Force build for armv6.
+  
+  [changes introduced in golang 2:1.6.1-2+rpi1 by Peter Michael Green]
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Raspbian forward porter <root@raspbian.org>  Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:39:09 +0000
+
 golang-1.6 (1.6.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport CL 29995 for tzdata 2016g changes (Closes: #839298)
diff -Nru golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/rules golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/rules
--- golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/rules	2016-10-03 22:11:34.000000000 +0000
+++ golang-1.6-1.6.3/debian/rules	2016-10-10 12:39:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 export GOROOT := $(CURDIR)
 export GOROOT_FINAL := /usr/lib/go-$(GOVER)
+export GOARM := 6
 
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU 2>/dev/null)
-RUN_TESTS := true
+RUN_TESTS := false
 ifeq (ppc64, $(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU))
 	RUN_TESTS := false
 endif