diff --git a/tests/test-mq-qpush-fail.t b/tests/test-mq-qpush-fail.t
--- a/tests/test-mq-qpush-fail.t
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qpush-fail.t
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   popping patch2
   popping patch1
   patch queue now empty
-  $ $PYTHON -c 'print "\xe9"' > message
+  $ $PYTHON -c 'from __future__ import print_function; print("\xe9")' > message
   $ cat .hg/patches/bad-patch >> message
   $ mv message .hg/patches/bad-patch
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/wrapplayback.py <<EOF