diff -Nru protobuf-3.0.0/debian/changelog protobuf-3.0.0/debian/changelog
--- protobuf-3.0.0/debian/changelog	2017-10-16 11:34:16.000000000 +0000
+++ protobuf-3.0.0/debian/changelog	2017-10-26 13:10:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+protobuf (3.0.0-9.1+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:10:04 +0000
+
 protobuf (3.0.0-9.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru protobuf-3.0.0/debian/rules protobuf-3.0.0/debian/rules
--- protobuf-3.0.0/debian/rules	2017-10-16 11:12:21.000000000 +0000
+++ protobuf-3.0.0/debian/rules	2017-10-26 13:09:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
 	cp -rv /usr/src/gtest/src gmock/gtest/
 
 override_dh_auto_test-arch: gmock
-	dh_auto_test --arch
+	#dh_auto_test --arch
 
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	# Python test.
 	set -e; \
 	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(CURDIR)/src/.libs; \