diff -Nru nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/changelog nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/changelog
--- nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/changelog	2016-09-04 14:18:55.000000000 +0000
+++ nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/changelog	2017-11-04 03:07:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+nipy (0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149-2+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 04 Nov 2017 03:07:42 +0000
+
 nipy (0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/pathes picked up few fixes from upstream adjusting
diff -Nru nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/rules nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/rules
--- nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/rules	2016-09-04 14:18:55.000000000 +0000
+++ nipy-0.4.0+git26-gf8d3149/debian/rules	2017-11-04 03:07:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #	dh_auto_install
 
 test:
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	: # I: Unittest only the default python version for now against "installed" materials
 	cd debian; \
      PATH=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/bin/:$$PATH \