--- dbus-python-1.1.1/test/test-standalone.py	2012-12-11 16:26:12.126616092 +0000
+++ dbus-python-1.1.1/test/test-standalone.py	2012-12-11 16:48:48.847168511 +0000
@@ -435,7 +435,11 @@
             def utf8(*xs):
                 return str('').join(map(chr, xs))
             def uni(x):
-                return unichr(x)
+		hi,lo=divmod(x-0x10000,0x400)
+		if hi>0:
+		    return unichr(0xd800+hi)+unichr(0xdc00+lo)
+	    	else:
+		    return unichr(x)
         for bad in [
                 uni(0xD800),
                 utf8(0xed, 0xa0, 0x80),