diff -r 7bfbacdb8b8c distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py
--- a/distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py	Sun Dec 23 16:30:35 2012 +0200
+++ b/distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py	Sun Dec 23 16:44:36 2012 +0200
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(found, expected)
 
     def test_record_unicode(self):
-        pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist(name=u'foo\u0430-1.0.dist-info',
+        pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist(name=u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info',
                                          version='1.0')
         install_dir = self.mkdtemp()
 
@@ -221,12 +221,12 @@
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         cmd.run()
 
-        dist_info = os.path.join(install_dir, u'foo\u0430-1.0.dist-info')
+        dist_info = os.path.join(install_dir, u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info')
 
         expected = []
         for f in install.get_outputs():
             if (f.endswith(('.pyc', '.pyo')) or f == os.path.join(
-                install_dir, u'foo\u0430-1.0.dist-info', 'RECORD')):
+                install_dir, u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info', 'RECORD')):
                 expected.append([f, '', ''])
             else:
                 size = os.path.getsize(f)
diff -r d328dcd07449 distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py
--- a/distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py	Sat Oct 27 13:20:29 2012 -0400
+++ b/distutils2/tests/test_command_install_distinfo.py	Sun Dec 23 16:45:36 2012 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 """Tests for ``distutils2.command.install_distinfo``.
 
 Writing of the RESOURCES file is tested in test_command_install_data.
@@ -187,8 +189,8 @@
         ]
         self.assertEqual(found, expected)
 
-    def test_record(self):
-        pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist(name='foo',
+    def test_record_unicode(self):
+        pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist(name=u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info',
                                          version='1.0')
         install_dir = self.mkdtemp()
 
@@ -219,12 +221,12 @@
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         cmd.run()
 
-        dist_info = os.path.join(install_dir, 'foo-1.0.dist-info')
+        dist_info = os.path.join(install_dir, u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info')
 
         expected = []
         for f in install.get_outputs():
             if (f.endswith(('.pyc', '.pyo')) or f == os.path.join(
-                install_dir, 'foo-1.0.dist-info', 'RECORD')):
+                install_dir, u'foo\u4500-1.0.dist-info', 'RECORD')):
                 expected.append([f, '', ''])
             else:
                 size = os.path.getsize(f)
@@ -235,7 +237,9 @@
                 expected.append([f, hash, str(size)])
 
         parsed = []
-        with open(os.path.join(dist_info, 'RECORD'), 'r') as f:
+
+        record_file_name = os.path.join(dist_info.encode('utf-8'), b'RECORD')
+        with open(record_file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=',',
                                    lineterminator=os.linesep,
                                    quotechar='"')