diff --git a/test/com/facebook/buck/features/python/testdata/python_binary/cxx_resources/main.py b/test/com/facebook/buck/features/python/testdata/python_binary/cxx_resources/main.py
index c95382c7bcb..ce407b693c2 100644
--- a/test/com/facebook/buck/features/python/testdata/python_binary/cxx_resources/main.py
+++ b/test/com/facebook/buck/features/python/testdata/python_binary/cxx_resources/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import sys
 
 want = "hello world!\n"
 
@@ -6,4 +7,7 @@
     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "__cxx_resources__", "blah", "foo.dat")
 )
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+    got = got.decode("utf-8")
+
 assert want == got, "expected {}, got {}".format(repr(want), repr(got))