diff --git a/src/gnupg.py b/src/gnupg.py
index f97b17d..0c82531 100644
--- a/src/gnupg.py
+++ b/src/gnupg.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
 
+from codecs     import open as open
 from pprint     import pprint
 from psutil     import process_iter
 from subprocess import Popen