--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_python/freeswitch_python.cpp
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_python/freeswitch_python.cpp
@@ -319,7 +319,12 @@ switch_status_t Session::run_dtmf_callba
 	}
 
 	if ((pyresult = PyEval_CallObject(cb_function, arglist))) {
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
 		str = (char *) PyString_AsString(pyresult);
+#else
+		//str = (char *) pyresult->encode('UTF-8');
+		str = (char *) PyUnicode_AsUnicode(pyresult);
+#endif
 	} else {
 		PyErr_Print();
 	}