--- patchutils-0.3.2/debian/rules       2013-06-17 13:48:01.000000000 +0000
+++ patchutils/debian/rules     2013-08-09 15:28:58.898802256 +0000
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
        # Manual files that use the .so links to include other pages should
        # point to a path relative to the top-level manual hierarchy
        sed -i -e 's/ rediff.1/ man1\/rediff.1/' doc/editdiff.1
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
        $(MAKE) check -j1
+endif
        touch build-stamp
 
 build-indep:
