--- debian/rules.orig   2013-08-16 16:20:30.842980397 +0000
+++ debian/rules        2013-08-16 16:21:30.010981587 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
        make -C po update-gmo
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),$(DEB_HOST_ARCH))
        # Generate locales used in testsuite.
        mkdir tmp-locales
        localedef -i en_US -c -f ISO-8859-1 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias \
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
             echo ">>> $$test" && cat $$test; \
           done; \
         fi
+endif
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
        dh_auto_install