--- bindings/python/gpod.i.in~	2015-07-19 21:39:09.000000000 +0000

+++ bindings/python/gpod.i.in	2015-07-19 21:40:16.000000000 +0000

@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@

 %include "gpod_doc.i"

 %include "@top_builddir@/config.h"

+%pythoncode %{

 # be nicer to decode these utf8 strings into Unicode objects in the C

 # layer. Here we are leaving it to the Python side, and just giving

 # them utf8 encoded Strings.

+%}

 typedef char gchar;

 %typemap(in) time_t {