2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_chef.py b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_chef.py
index b06a160c..8ab27911 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_chef.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_chef.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from cloudinit.sources import DataSourceNone
 
 from .. import helpers as t_help
 
+import six
 import logging
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class TestChef(t_help.FilesystemMockingTestCase):
         for k, v in cfg['chef'].items():
             self.assertIn(v, c)
         for k, v in cc_chef.CHEF_RB_TPL_DEFAULTS.items():
-            if isinstance(v, basestring):
+            if isinstance(v, six.string_types):
                 self.assertIn(v, c)
         c = util.load_file(cc_chef.CHEF_FB_PATH)
         self.assertEqual({}, json.loads(c))
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_seed_random.py b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_seed_random.py
index 579377fb..c2da5ced 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_seed_random.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_seed_random.py
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ import logging
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def b64(source):
+    # In Python 3, b64encode only accepts bytes and returns bytes.
+    if not isinstance(source, bytes):
+        source = source.encode('utf-8')
+    return base64.b64encode(source).decode('us-ascii')
+
+
 class TestRandomSeed(t_help.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestRandomSeed, self).setUp()
@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ class TestRandomSeed(t_help.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals("big-toe", contents)
 
     def test_append_random_base64(self):
-        data = base64.b64encode('bubbles')
+        data = b64('bubbles')
         cfg = {
             'random_seed': {
                 'file': self._seed_file,
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ class TestRandomSeed(t_help.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals("bubbles", contents)
 
     def test_append_random_b64(self):
-        data = base64.b64encode('kit-kat')
+        data = b64('kit-kat')
         cfg = {
             'random_seed': {
                 'file': self._seed_file,