1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/compat.py b/setuptools/compat.py
index 3a961c0e..bbc98d66 100644
--- a/setuptools/compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/compat.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     reduce = reduce
     unichr = unichr
     unicode = unicode
-    from urllib import url2pathname
+    bytes = str
+    from urllib import url2pathname, splittag
     import urllib2
     from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError, unquote, splituser
     from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin, urlsplit, urlunsplit
@@ -69,12 +70,13 @@ else:
     from functools import reduce
     unichr = chr
     unicode = str
+    bytes = bytes
     from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
     import urllib.request as urllib2
     from urllib.request import urlopen, url2pathname
     from urllib.parse import (
         urlparse, urlunparse, unquote, splituser, urljoin, urlsplit,
-        urlunsplit,
+        urlunsplit, splittag,
     )
     xrange = range
     filterfalse = itertools.filterfalse
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ else:
             globs = globals()
         if locs is None:
             locs = globs
-        f = open(fn)
+        f = open(fn, 'rb')
         try:
             source = f.read()
         finally: