diff -Nru mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/changelog mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/changelog
--- mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/changelog	2017-06-21 09:12:16.000000000 +0000
+++ mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/changelog	2017-07-01 20:54:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mariadb-10.1 (10.1.24-6+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 01 Jul 2017 20:54:22 +0000
+
 mariadb-10.1 (10.1.24-6) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Run invoke-rc.d mysql maintscript snippets only when running under
diff -Nru mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/rules mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/rules
--- mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/rules	2017-06-21 09:12:16.000000000 +0000
+++ mariadb-10.1-10.1.24/debian/rules	2017-07-01 20:54:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	[ ! -f debian/unstable-tests.$(DEB_HOST_ARCH) ] || cat debian/unstable-tests.$(DEB_HOST_ARCH) >> mysql-test/unstable-tests
 	# Run testsuite
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	cd $(BUILDDIR)/mysql-test && ./mtr --force --testcase-timeout=30 --suite-timeout=540 --retry=3 --parallel=$(NUMJOBS) --skip-test-list=unstable-tests  || $(TESTSUITE_FAIL_CMD) ;
+	#cd $(BUILDDIR)/mysql-test && ./mtr --force --testcase-timeout=30 --suite-timeout=540 --retry=3 --parallel=$(NUMJOBS) --skip-test-list=unstable-tests  || $(TESTSUITE_FAIL_CMD) ;
 endif
 
 override_dh_auto_install: