diff -Nru matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/changelog matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/changelog
--- matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/changelog	2015-10-05 19:24:38.000000000 +0000
+++ matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/changelog	2015-10-19 23:53:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matplotlib (1.5.0~rc2-1+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:52:56 +0000
+
 matplotlib (1.5.0~rc2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release candidate
diff -Nru matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/rules matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/rules
--- matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/rules	2015-09-14 20:08:41.000000000 +0000
+++ matplotlib-1.5.0~rc2/debian/rules	2015-10-19 23:55:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	python$* ./setup.py build $(PY_BUILD_FLAGS)
 	python$*-dbg ./setup.py build $(PY_BUILD_FLAGS)
 
-ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuite-disabled,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	echo "backend      : TkAgg" > matplotlibrc
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(shell python$* -c "from distutils.command.build import build ; \
 	                                from distutils.core import Distribution ; \