1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/py27compat.py b/setuptools/py27compat.py
index 701283c8..0f924889 100644
--- a/setuptools/py27compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/py27compat.py
@@ -26,3 +26,17 @@ linux_py2_ascii = (
 
 rmtree_safe = str if linux_py2_ascii else lambda x: x
 """Workaround for http://bugs.python.org/issue24672"""
+
+
+def dict_values_strings(dict_):
+    """
+    Given a dict, make sure the text values are str.
+    """
+    if six.PY3:
+        return dict_
+
+    # When dropping Python 2.6 support, use a dict constructor
+    return dict(
+        (key, str(value))
+        for key, value in dict_.iteritems()
+    )