diff -Nru pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/changelog pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/changelog
--- pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/changelog	2018-02-26 12:00:41.000000000 +0000
+++ pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/changelog	2018-03-07 08:46:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pyxs (0.4.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1~16.04.0) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Skip requiring pytest-runner in setup and don't depend on
+    python3-pytest-runner
+  * Rebuild for Xenial (LP: #1753779)
+
+ -- Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:46:22 +0100
+
 pyxs (0.4.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release (LP: #1751770)
diff -Nru pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/control pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/control
--- pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/control	2018-02-26 12:00:41.000000000 +0000
+++ pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/control	2018-03-07 08:46:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: dh-python,
                python3-pytest,
-               python3-pytest-runner,
+#               python3-pytest-runner,
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-all,
 #               python3-sphinx (>= 0.5),
diff -Nru pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/series pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/series
--- pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/series	2018-03-07 08:46:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+skip-pytest-runner.patch
diff -Nru pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/skip-pytest-runner.patch pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/skip-pytest-runner.patch
--- pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/skip-pytest-runner.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/debian/patches/skip-pytest-runner.patch	2018-03-07 08:46:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: Skip requiring pytest-runner in setup
+ The python3-pytest-runner package is not available in Xenial, but the
+ package runs the tests fine even without it.
+ .
+Author: Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com>
+
+--- pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1.orig/setup.py
++++ pyxs-0.4.1+dfsg1/setup.py
+@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ CLASSIFIERS = (
+ setup(name="pyxs",
+       version="0.4.1",
+       packages=["pyxs"],
+-      setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
+       tests_require=["pytest"],
+       platforms=["any"],
+