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diff --git a/numpy/lib/npyio.py b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
index 9fbacaa22..e73d6fa39 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/npyio.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ def genfromtxt(fname, dtype=float, comments='#', delimiter=None,
# Initialize the filehandle, the LineSplitter and the NameValidator
own_fhd = False
if isinstance(fname, basestring):
- fhd = np.lib._datasource.open(fname, 'U')
+ fhd = np.lib._datasource.open(fname, 'Ub')
own_fhd = True
elif not hasattr(fname, 'read'):
raise TypeError("The input should be a string or a filehandle. "\