diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-ruby/classes/ruby.bbclass b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-ruby/classes/ruby.bbclass
index ef844f2..1acf2e0 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-ruby/classes/ruby.bbclass
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-ruby/classes/ruby.bbclass
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     if not isfile(cmd):
        return found_version
 
-    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "--version"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "--version"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
     
     r = re.compile("ruby ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)*")
     m = r.match(version)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     if not isfile(cmd):
        return found_loc
 
-    loc = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    loc = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
 
     r = re.compile(".*\- (/usr.*/ruby/gems/.*)")
     for line in loc.split('\n'):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     if not isfile(cmd):
        return found_version
 
-    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env", "gemdir"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env", "gemdir"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
     
     r = re.compile(".*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$")
     m = r.match(version)