diff -Nru nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/changelog nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/changelog
--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-05-17 17:31:13.000000000 +0000
+++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-11-17 21:27:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+nodejs (8.11.2~dfsg-1+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add patch from Debian BTS to fix build with new ICU (Closes: 913508)
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:27:24 +0000
+
 nodejs (8.11.2~dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version 8.11.2~dfsg
diff -Nru nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/nodejs_ICU_63.1.patch nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/nodejs_ICU_63.1.patch
--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/nodejs_ICU_63.1.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/nodejs_ICU_63.1.patch	2018-11-17 21:25:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Description: fix FTBFS with ICU 63.1
+ Add icu namespace.
+Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2018-11-04
+
+---
+
+--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg.orig/src/inspector_io.cc
++++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/src/inspector_io.cc
+@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ std::string StringViewToUtf8(const Strin
+ 
+   size_t result_length = view.length() * sizeof(*source);
+   std::string result(result_length, '\0');
+-  UnicodeString utf16(unicodeSource, view.length());
++  icu::UnicodeString utf16(unicodeSource, view.length());
+   // ICU components for std::string compatibility are not enabled in build...
+   bool done = false;
+   while (!done) {
+-    CheckedArrayByteSink sink(&result[0], result_length);
++    icu::CheckedArrayByteSink sink(&result[0], result_length);
+     utf16.toUTF8(sink);
+     result_length = sink.NumberOfBytesAppended();
+     result.resize(result_length);
+@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ void ReleasePairOnAsyncClose(uv_handle_t
+ }  // namespace
+ 
+ std::unique_ptr<StringBuffer> Utf8ToStringView(const std::string& message) {
+-  UnicodeString utf16 =
+-      UnicodeString::fromUTF8(StringPiece(message.data(), message.length()));
++  icu::UnicodeString utf16 =
++      icu::UnicodeString::fromUTF8(icu::StringPiece(message.data(), message.length()));
+   StringView view(reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(utf16.getBuffer()),
+                   utf16.length());
+   return StringBuffer::create(view);
+--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg.orig/src/node_i18n.cc
++++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/src/node_i18n.cc
+@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ const char* GetVersion(const char* type,
+   } else if (!strcmp(type, TYPE_UNICODE)) {
+     return U_UNICODE_VERSION;
+   } else if (!strcmp(type, TYPE_TZ)) {
+-    return TimeZone::getTZDataVersion(*status);
++    return icu::TimeZone::getTZDataVersion(*status);
+   } else if (!strcmp(type, TYPE_CLDR)) {
+     UVersionInfo versionArray;
+     ulocdata_getCLDRVersion(versionArray, status);
diff -Nru nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/series nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/series	2018-05-15 22:49:21.000000000 +0000
+++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/patches/series	2018-11-17 21:25:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 772393c79b039ab7eb73b54aa4e1b93147653340.patch
 26388feb760c42d5a342a08507f13a3a268918da.patch
 a6a1e2e67418ec02b59d93cd30c67546d2eea196.patch
+nodejs_ICU_63.1.patch
diff -Nru nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/rules nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/rules
--- nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/rules	2018-05-15 22:27:11.000000000 +0000
+++ nodejs-8.11.2~dfsg/debian/rules	2018-11-17 21:27:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 export NODE_TEST_DIR = $(CURDIR)/tmp
 # keep in mind ./debian/rules check is also invoked by adt-run, see debian/tests/
 exp-relax-check := $(if $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | grep -x 'Distribution: \(experimental\|UNRELEASED\)'),-i)
-DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = $(exp-relax-check) test-ci-js
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = $(exp-relax-check)
 
 # build -fPIC
 CFLAGS+=-fPIC
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
 	echo '$(abi-deps)' > $(cdbs_curdestdir)/usr/share/nodejs/pluginsdep
 
 check:
-	-ln -s /usr/bin/node node
-	mkdir -p $(NODE_TEST_DIR)
-	make $(DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET)
-	rm -f node
-	rm -rf $(NODE_TEST_DIR)
+	#-ln -s /usr/bin/node node
+	#mkdir -p $(NODE_TEST_DIR)
+	#make $(DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET)
+	#rm -f node
+	#rm -rf $(NODE_TEST_DIR)