diff --git a/Tests/search.py b/Tests/search.py
index 2c63009..429a5d6 100644
--- a/Tests/search.py
+++ b/Tests/search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import sys,pprint,ldap
 
 from ldap.ldapobject import LDAPObject
diff --git a/Tests/slapd.py b/Tests/slapd.py
index 5b21716..9610771 100644
--- a/Tests/slapd.py
+++ b/Tests/slapd.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Utilities for starting up a test slapd server
 and talking to it with ldapsearch/ldapadd.
 """
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import sys, os, socket, time, subprocess, logging
 
 _log = logging.getLogger("slapd")
diff --git a/Tests/t_cext.py b/Tests/t_cext.py
index 0ae87f7..b63f89a 100644
--- a/Tests/t_cext.py
+++ b/Tests/t_cext.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 
 import unittest, slapd
 import _ldap
diff --git a/Tests/t_ldapurl.py b/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
index 596e741..9ba3298 100644
--- a/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
+++ b/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import ldap, unittest
 from ldap.compat import quote
 
diff --git a/Tests/t_search.py b/Tests/t_search.py
index e938cab..8b602aa 100644
--- a/Tests/t_search.py
+++ b/Tests/t_search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import ldap, unittest
 import slapd