diff -Nru abinit-8.8.4/debian/changelog abinit-8.8.4/debian/changelog
--- abinit-8.8.4/debian/changelog	2018-09-14 17:31:05.000000000 +0000
+++ abinit-8.8.4/debian/changelog	2018-12-25 13:00:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+abinit (8.8.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/rules (override_dh_auto_test-arch): Increase test timeout two-fold
+    (Closes: #883974).
+
+ -- Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>  Tue, 25 Dec 2018 14:00:14 +0100
+
 abinit (8.8.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Andrius Merkys ]
diff -Nru abinit-8.8.4/debian/rules abinit-8.8.4/debian/rules
--- abinit-8.8.4/debian/rules	2018-09-14 17:30:40.000000000 +0000
+++ abinit-8.8.4/debian/rules	2018-12-25 12:59:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 override_dh_auto_test-arch:
-	(cd tests; ./runtests.py fast)
+	(cd tests; ./runtests.py -t 1800 fast)
 endif
 
 # Tests are not needed for arch-indep packages: