1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
index 1377835..4ff948d 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ class SqliteTypeTests(unittest.TestCase):
 class DeclTypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
     class Foo:
         def __init__(self, _val):
+            if isinstance(_val, str8):
+                # sqlite3 always calls __init__ with a str8 created from a
+                # UTF-8 string when __conform__ was used to store the object.
+                _val = _val.decode('utf8')
             self.val = _val
 
         def __cmp__(self, other):