diff --git a/contrib/python3-whitelist b/contrib/python3-whitelist
--- a/contrib/python3-whitelist
+++ b/contrib/python3-whitelist
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@
 test-pathconflicts-merge.t
 test-pathconflicts-update.t
 test-pathencode.py
+test-paths.t
 test-pending.t
 test-permissions.t
 test-phabricator.t
diff --git a/hgext/zeroconf/Zeroconf.py b/hgext/zeroconf/Zeroconf.py
--- a/hgext/zeroconf/Zeroconf.py
+++ b/hgext/zeroconf/Zeroconf.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 import time
 import traceback
 
+from mercurial import pycompat
+
 __all__ = ["Zeroconf", "ServiceInfo", "ServiceBrowser"]
 
 # hook for threads
@@ -270,6 +272,8 @@
     """A DNS question entry"""
 
     def __init__(self, name, type, clazz):
+        if pycompat.ispy3 and isinstance(name, str):
+            name = name.encode('ascii')
         if not name.endswith(".local."):
             raise NonLocalNameException(name)
         DNSEntry.__init__(self, name, type, clazz)