diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/chrpath.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/chrpath.bbclass
index 1aecb4d..16729dc 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/chrpath.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/chrpath.bbclass
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 def process_file_darwin(cmd, fpath, rootdir, baseprefix, tmpdir, d, break_hardlinks = False):
     import subprocess as sub
 
-    p = sub.Popen([d.expand("${HOST_PREFIX}otool"), '-L', fpath],stdout=sub.PIPE,stderr=sub.PIPE)
+    p = sub.Popen([d.expand("${HOST_PREFIX}otool"), '-L', fpath],stdout=sub.PIPE,stderr=sub.PIPE, text=True)
     out, err = p.communicate()
     # If returned successfully, process stdout for results
     if p.returncode != 0: