diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue758.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue758.py
index c0bbb6945..a059f095f 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue758.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue758.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from ... import load as load_spacy
 from ...attrs import LEMMA
 from ...matcher import merge_phrase
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue995.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue995.py
index 715c24607..633e96fb5 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue995.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue995.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import pytest
 from ... import load as load_spacy