diff --git a/pytest_html/plugin.py b/pytest_html/plugin.py
index 2c7730db..06deb0ff 100644
--- a/pytest_html/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_html/plugin.py
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ def _appendrow(self, result, report):
         additional_html.append(log)
 
         test_id = report.nodeid
+        if not PY3:
+            test_id = unicode(test_id, 'utf-8')
         if report.when != 'call':
             test_id = '::'.join([report.nodeid, report.when])