1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 81916a98..9359c408 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 """Tests for Coverage.py's code parsing."""
 
 import textwrap
+
 from tests.coveragetest import CoverageTest
+
+from coverage import env
 from coverage.parser import PythonParser
 
 
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ class PythonParserTest(CoverageTest):
 
     def parse_source(self, text):
         """Parse `text` as source, and return the `PythonParser` used."""
+        if env.PY2:
+            text = text.decode("ascii")
         text = textwrap.dedent(text)
         parser = PythonParser(text=text, exclude="nocover")
         parser.parse_source()