diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c8a1b56..0c4da30 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_version():
         p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe', '--dirty', '--match=v*'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         result = p.communicate()[0]
         if p.returncode == 0:
-            version = result.split()[0][1:]
+            version = str(result.split()[0][1:])
             version = version.replace('-', '.')
             return version
     return '0'