diff -u binutils-2.29/debian/changelog binutils-2.29/debian/changelog
--- binutils-2.29/debian/changelog
+++ binutils-2.29/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+binutils (2.29-4+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite, it fails on our lxc based autobuilders.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:41:49 +0000
+
 binutils (2.29-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update, taken from the 2.29 branch 20170804.
diff -u binutils-2.29/debian/rules binutils-2.29/debian/rules
--- binutils-2.29/debian/rules
+++ binutils-2.29/debian/rules
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
 
 CONFARGS_TARGET_aarch64		= --enable-targets=aarch64_be-linux-gnu
 
-with_check := yes
+with_check := disabled by plugwash
 ifneq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	with_check := disabled through DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
 endif