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diff --git a/numpy/core/records.py b/numpy/core/records.py
index 612d39322..a483871ba 100644
--- a/numpy/core/records.py
+++ b/numpy/core/records.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import warnings
from . import numeric as sb
from . import numerictypes as nt
-from numpy.compat import isfileobj, bytes, long
+from numpy.compat import isfileobj, bytes, long, unicode
from .arrayprint import get_printoptions
# All of the functions allow formats to be a dtype
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class format_parser(object):
if (names):
if (type(names) in [list, tuple]):
pass
- elif isinstance(names, str):
+ elif isinstance(names, (str, unicode)):
names = names.split(',')
else:
raise NameError("illegal input names %s" % repr(names))