diff --git a/pyinst.py b/pyinst.py
index b78fa14fee47..84b88713443a 100644
--- a/pyinst.py
+++ b/pyinst.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import (
     VarStruct, VarFileInfo, StringStruct, StringTable,
     StringFileInfo, FixedFileInfo, VSVersionInfo, SetVersion,
diff --git a/pyinst32.py b/pyinst32.py
index cb193e33d978..eb3acb6c8e5d 100644
--- a/pyinst32.py
+++ b/pyinst32.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import (
     VarStruct, VarFileInfo, StringStruct, StringTable,
     StringFileInfo, FixedFileInfo, VSVersionInfo, SetVersion,
diff --git a/scripts/update-version-workflow.py b/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
index d0b754853baf..23f90d22cc83 100644
--- a/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
+++ b/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import datetime
 # import urllib.request
 
diff --git a/scripts/update-version.py b/scripts/update-version.py
index d6c560f0906e..28818e939074 100644
--- a/scripts/update-version.py
+++ b/scripts/update-version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import datetime
 import urllib.request