diff -Nru tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/changelog tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-11-17 07:33:47.000000000 +0000
+++ tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-11-24 00:14:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+tar (1.30+dfsg-3+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:14:44 +0000
+
 tar (1.30+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * elide reference to non-existent section 5 page from section 1 tar manpage,
diff -Nru tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/rules tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/rules
--- tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/rules	2018-11-17 07:33:47.000000000 +0000
+++ tar-1.30+dfsg/debian/rules	2018-11-24 00:14:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	RSH="/usr/bin/rsh" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
 		LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(MAKEFLAGS)
 
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
 	@runas=`whoami` ; \
 	if test $$runas = "root" ; \