--- a/Utilities/binplistlib.py	Sun Mar 24 13:52:12 2013 +0100
+++ b/Utilities/binplistlib.py	Mon Mar 25 03:11:06 2013 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
 </pre>
 """
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals    # __IGNORE_WARNING__
+try:
+    str = unicode
+except (NameError):
+    pass
+
 #
 # Ported from the Python 2 biplist.py script.
 #