diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf179d0..45ec698 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ 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'