diff --git a/plugins/Unix/test.py b/plugins/Unix/test.py
index c95b5fc07..029ed285e 100644
--- a/plugins/Unix/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Unix/test.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class UnixConfigTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
                 'foo bar')
         self.assertRegexp('config channel plugins.Unix.fortune.files '
                 '"-foo bar"',
-                'Error:.*dash.*not \'-foo\'')
+                'Error:.*dash.*not u?\'-foo\'') # The u is for Python 2
         self.assertNotError('config channel plugins.Unix.fortune.files ""')