1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 3d5c783..80b8356 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ def fcmp(x, y): # fuzzy comparison function
         return cmp(len(x), len(y))
     return cmp(x, y)
 
+try:
+    unicode
+    have_unicode = 1
+except NameError:
+    have_unicode = 0
+
 import os
 # Filename used for testing
 if os.name == 'java':
@@ -64,9 +70,10 @@ if os.name == 'java':
 elif os.name != 'riscos':
     TESTFN = '@test'
     # Unicode name only used if TEST_FN_ENCODING exists for the platform.
-    TESTFN_UNICODE=u"@test-\xe0\xf2" # 2 latin characters.
-    if os.name=="nt":
-        TESTFN_ENCODING="mbcs"
+    if have_unicode:
+        TESTFN_UNICODE=unicode("@test-\xe0\xf2", "latin-1") # 2 latin characters.
+        if os.name=="nt":
+            TESTFN_ENCODING="mbcs"
 else:
     TESTFN = 'test'
 del os