diff --git a/pact/matchers.py b/pact/matchers.py
index 55424fdd2..52a414804 100644
--- a/pact/matchers.py
+++ b/pact/matchers.py
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ def from_term(term):
     Parse the provided term into the JSON for the mock service.
 
     :param term: The term to be parsed.
-    :type term: None, list, dict, int, float, str, unicode, Matcher
+    :type term: None, list, dict, int, float, str, bytes, unicode, Matcher
     :return: The JSON representation for this term.
     :rtype: dict, list, str
     """
     if term is None:
         return term
-    elif isinstance(term, (six.string_types, int, float)):
+    elif isinstance(term, (six.string_types, six.binary_type, int, float)):
         return term
     elif isinstance(term, dict):
         return {k: from_term(v) for k, v in term.items()}
diff --git a/tests/test_matchers.py b/tests/test_matchers.py
index 70fee2e18..1cc446f3b 100644
--- a/tests/test_matchers.py
+++ b/tests/test_matchers.py
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ def test_int(self):
     def test_float(self):
         self.assertEqual(from_term(3.14), 3.14)
 
+    def test_bytes(self):
+        self.assertEqual(from_term(b'testing'), b'testing')
+
     def test_list(self):
         term = [1, 123, 'sample']
         self.assertEqual(from_term(term), term)