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diff --git a/numpy/core/_internal.py b/numpy/core/_internal.py
index 1cf89aab0..ce7ef7060 100644
--- a/numpy/core/_internal.py
+++ b/numpy/core/_internal.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
import re
import sys
-from numpy.compat import basestring
+from numpy.compat import basestring, unicode
from .multiarray import dtype, array, ndarray
try:
import ctypes
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def _newnames(datatype, order):
"""
oldnames = datatype.names
nameslist = list(oldnames)
- if isinstance(order, str):
+ if isinstance(order, (str, unicode)):
order = [order]
seen = set()
if isinstance(order, (list, tuple)):