diff -Nru p4est-1.1/debian/changelog p4est-1.1/debian/changelog
--- p4est-1.1/debian/changelog	2017-10-10 10:03:00.000000000 +0000
+++ p4est-1.1/debian/changelog	2018-05-03 20:44:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+p4est (1.1-5+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 03 May 2018 20:44:39 +0000
+
 p4est (1.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add build-dependency on gfortran (Closes: #877061)
diff -Nru p4est-1.1/debian/rules p4est-1.1/debian/rules
--- p4est-1.1/debian/rules	2017-10-10 09:47:00.000000000 +0000
+++ p4est-1.1/debian/rules	2018-05-03 20:44:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 		rm -rf doc/*.pdf sc/doc/*.pdf
 	tar -cJf p4est_$(VERSION).orig.tar.xz p4est-$(VERSION)
 	rm -rf p4est-$(VERSION)
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	echo testsuite disabled.