diff --git a/examples/build-config-file.py b/examples/build-config-file.py
index c6fbef5f4714697db736cfe58f37f90d8d885b68..1573a93f7249c7423b42cf69d1c0d5c8fe75b86e 100644
--- a/examples/build-config-file.py
+++ b/examples/build-config-file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+# Python 2/3 compatibility
+from __future__ import import unicode_literals
+
 import getopt
 import os
 import sys