diff -Nru python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/changelog python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/changelog
--- python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/changelog	2019-01-09 08:46:30.000000000 +0000
+++ python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/changelog	2019-01-10 11:36:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+python-libarchive-c (2.8-0.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Another stab at fixing autopkgtest, create some mock files needed to
+    run the upstream tests.
+
+ -- Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:36:39 +0100
+
 python-libarchive-c (2.8-0.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/tests/upstream-tests python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/tests/upstream-tests
--- python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/tests/upstream-tests	2019-01-09 08:44:27.000000000 +0000
+++ python-libarchive-c-2.8/debian/tests/upstream-tests	2019-01-10 11:35:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-cp -r tests "$ADTTMP"
-(cd "$ADTTMP"; py.test tests -vv -l -r a)
-(cd "$ADTTMP"; py.test-3 tests -vv -l -r a)
+cp -rv tests "$ADTTMP"
+cd "$ADTTMP"
+mkdir -v libarchive
+touch README.rst
+py.test tests -vv -l -r a
+py.test-3 tests -vv -l -r a