diff --git a/test/test_lyrics.py b/test/test_lyrics.py
index 7201de35a..9136131c1 100644
--- a/test/test_lyrics.py
+++ b/test/test_lyrics.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from mock import MagicMock
 from test._common import unittest
 from beetsplug import lyrics
 from beets.library import Item
-from beets.util import confit
+from beets.util import confit, bytestring_path
 from beets import logging
 
 log = logging.getLogger('beets.test_lyrics')
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ def url_to_filename(url):
     url = re.sub(r'https?://|www.', '', url)
     fn = "".join(x for x in url if (x.isalnum() or x == '/'))
     fn = fn.split('/')
-    fn = os.path.join(LYRICS_ROOT_DIR, fn[0], fn[-1]) + '.txt'
+    fn = os.path.join(LYRICS_ROOT_DIR,
+                      bytestring_path(fn[0]),
+                      bytestring_path(fn[-1] + '.txt'))
     return fn
 
 
@@ -211,8 +213,8 @@ def is_lyrics_content_ok(title, text):
     keywords = LYRICS_TEXTS[google.slugify(title)]
     return all(x in text.lower() for x in keywords)
 
-LYRICS_ROOT_DIR = os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'lyrics')
-LYRICS_TEXTS = confit.load_yaml(os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'lyricstext.yaml'))
+LYRICS_ROOT_DIR = os.path.join(_common.RSRC, b'lyrics')
+LYRICS_TEXTS = confit.load_yaml(os.path.join(_common.RSRC, b'lyricstext.yaml'))
 DEFAULT_SONG = dict(artist=u'The Beatles', title=u'Lady Madonna')
 
 DEFAULT_SOURCES = [