diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 30bbf63..7a5fade 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.143) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Lars Düsing ]
   * Corrected brackets in man-page for sponsor-patch.
 
+  [ Stefano Rivera ]
+  * pbuilder-dist: Don't try to enable -updates for the current codename
+    referring to Debian testing, either (LP: #1011870)
+
  -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:53:24 -0400
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.142) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/pbuilder-dist b/pbuilder-dist
index 347289c..4913c67 100755
--- a/pbuilder-dist
+++ b/pbuilder-dist
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class PbuilderDist:
                 self.enable_security = False
                 self.enable_updates = False
                 self.enable_proposed = False
-            elif codename == 'testing':
+            elif codename in (debian_info.testing(), 'testing'):
                 self.enable_updates = False
 
             if self.enable_security: