diff --git a/jaraco/util/properties.py b/jaraco/util/properties.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/jaraco/util/properties.py
+++ b/jaraco/util/properties.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 class NonDataProperty(object):
 	"""Much like the property builtin, but only implements __get__,
 	making it a non-data property, and can be subsequently reset.
All modules now use unicode literals for Python 3 compatibility.