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diff --git a/kafka/client.py b/kafka/client.py
index f8fe555..3c2a727 100644
--- a/kafka/client.py
+++ b/kafka/client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from kafka.common import (TopicAndPartition, BrokerMetadata,
from kafka.conn import collect_hosts, KafkaConnection, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
from kafka.protocol import KafkaProtocol
+from kafka.util import kafka_bytestring
log = logging.getLogger("kafka")
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class KafkaClient(object):
def __init__(self, hosts, client_id=CLIENT_ID,
timeout=DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_SECONDS):
# We need one connection to bootstrap
- self.client_id = client_id
+ self.client_id = kafka_bytestring(client_id)
self.timeout = timeout
self.hosts = collect_hosts(hosts)