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diff --git a/ldapdb/__init__.py b/ldapdb/__init__.py
index c6f0974..72f0889 100644
--- a/ldapdb/__init__.py
+++ b/ldapdb/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseFeatures, BaseDatabaseOperations
 
 def escape_ldap_filter(value):
-    value = str(value)
+    value = unicode(value)
     return value.replace('\\', '\\5c') \
                 .replace('*', '\\2a') \
                 .replace('(', '\\28') \