diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1380.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1380.py
index d9cfe1bd2..b2d610954 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1380.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1380.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import pytest
 
 from ...language import Language