diff -Nru python-astropy-1.1/debian/changelog python-astropy-1.1/debian/changelog
--- python-astropy-1.1/debian/changelog	2015-12-12 09:02:56.000000000 +0000
+++ python-astropy-1.1/debian/changelog	2016-03-03 17:13:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-astropy (1.1-1+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:13:28 +0000
+
 python-astropy (1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version
diff -Nru python-astropy-1.1/debian/rules python-astropy-1.1/debian/rules
--- python-astropy-1.1/debian/rules	2015-12-12 09:02:05.000000000 +0000
+++ python-astropy-1.1/debian/rules	2016-03-03 17:13:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	rm -rf astropy_helpers-*.egg
 	rm -rf docs/_build docs/_generated
 
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (testsuitedisabled,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 test-python%:
 	python$* setup.py test -vv --args -v