diff --git a/youtube_dlc/extractor/bitwave.py b/youtube_dlc/extractor/bitwave.py
index 6fe02c8c27..9aa2105104 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/extractor/bitwave.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/extractor/bitwave.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor