--- a/tests/run-tests.py	Fri May 27 05:24:45 2016 +0000
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py	Tue Apr 05 01:35:58 2016 +0000
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
 from xml.dom import minidom
 import unittest
 
+if os.environ.get('RTUNICODEPEDANTRY', False):
+    try:
+        reload(sys)
+        sys.setdefaultencoding("undefined")
+    except NameError:
+        pass
+
 osenvironb = getattr(os, 'environb', os.environ)
 processlock = threading.Lock()