2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/ScannerTests.py b/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/ScannerTests.py
index e3fa4ed..518e0ed 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/ScannerTests.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/ScannerTests.py
@@ -568,6 +568,17 @@ class ClassicCPPTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             assert n == 'path/bbb', n
             assert i == 'bbb', i
 
+            # TODO(1.5):  remove when 2.2 is minimal; replace ccc
+            # variable in find_include() call below with in-line u'ccc'.
+            try:
+                ccc = eval("u'ccc'")
+            except SyntaxError:
+                ccc = 'ccc'
+
+            n, i = s.find_include(('<', ccc), 'foo', ('path',))
+            assert n == 'path/ccc', n
+            assert i == 'ccc', i
+
         finally:
             SCons.Node.FS.find_file = save
 
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/__init__.py b/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/__init__.py
index 6863aa1..c0d84b9 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Scanner/__init__.py
@@ -405,7 +405,13 @@ class ClassicCPP(Classic):
 
         n = SCons.Node.FS.find_file(include[1], paths)
 
-        return n, intern(include[1])
+        i = include[1]
+        try:
+            i = intern(i)
+        except TypeError:
+            # Probably a unicode object; just don't worry about intern().
+            pass
+        return n, i
 
     def sort_key(self, include):
         return SCons.Node.FS._my_normcase(string.join(include))