diff -Nru mpich-3.2/debian/changelog mpich-3.2/debian/changelog
--- mpich-3.2/debian/changelog	2016-08-10 08:49:18.000000000 +0000
+++ mpich-3.2/debian/changelog	2016-10-01 02:36:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mpich (3.2-7+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 01 Oct 2016 02:36:22 +0000
+
 mpich (3.2-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff -Nru mpich-3.2/debian/rules mpich-3.2/debian/rules
--- mpich-3.2/debian/rules	2016-08-10 08:23:17.000000000 +0000
+++ mpich-3.2/debian/rules	2016-10-01 02:36:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@
 
 # Some tests are failing on hurd-i386.
 # Disable them, to be investiated later
-disable_test_archs = hurd-i386
+
+#tests are failing on raspbian, disable for now.
+disable_test_archs = hurd-i386 armhf
 ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(disable_test_archs)))
 override_dh_auto_test: