diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
index 22925fee9b375..05757bb238c38 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # encoding: utf8
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import datetime
+
 from django.utils import six
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.db.migrations.writer import MigrationWriter
@@ -48,8 +52,8 @@ def test_serialize(self):
         # Basic values
         self.assertSerializedEqual(1)
         self.assertSerializedEqual(None)
-        self.assertSerializedEqual("foobar")
-        self.assertSerializedEqual(u"föobár")
+        self.assertSerializedEqual(b"foobar")
+        self.assertSerializedEqual("föobár")
         self.assertSerializedEqual({1: 2})
         self.assertSerializedEqual(["a", 2, True, None])
         self.assertSerializedEqual(set([2, 3, "eighty"]))
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ def test_simple_migration(self):
         """
         Tests serializing a simple migration.
         """
-        migration = type("Migration", (migrations.Migration,), {
+        migration = type(str("Migration"), (migrations.Migration,), {
             "operations": [
                 migrations.DeleteModel("MyModel"),
                 migrations.AddField("OtherModel", "field_name", models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.utcnow))