--- imread/_imread.cpp.orig	2014-01-02 11:53:27.000000000 +0400
+++ imread/_imread.cpp	2014-01-02 12:09:13.000000000 +0400
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@
     return PyString_AsString(stro);
 #else
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(stro)) return 0;
+#if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000)
+    return PyBytes_AsString(PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(stro));
+#else
     return PyUnicode_AsUTF8(stro);
 #endif
+#endif
 }
 
 
