diff -Nru librsvg-2.44.9/debian/changelog librsvg-2.44.9/debian/changelog
--- librsvg-2.44.9/debian/changelog	2018-11-17 22:59:09.000000000 +0000
+++ librsvg-2.44.9/debian/changelog	2018-11-24 14:17:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+librsvg (2.44.9-1+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:17:53 +0000
+
 librsvg (2.44.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff -Nru librsvg-2.44.9/debian/rules librsvg-2.44.9/debian/rules
--- librsvg-2.44.9/debian/rules	2018-11-17 22:59:09.000000000 +0000
+++ librsvg-2.44.9/debian/rules	2018-11-24 14:17:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 endif
 
 override_dh_auto_test-arch:
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	dh_auto_test
 	find debian -name '*.log' \
 		-not -name config.log \
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 endif
 
 override_dh_auto_test-indep:
-	@:
+	#@: