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diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4e6e47d6f..35c7e5fb3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
else:
command_line_conf = sys.argv[1:]
+ # Workaround for Python 2.x, where argv is a byte list
+ if sys.version_info < (3,):
+ command_line_conf = [
+ a.decode('utf-8', 'replace') for a in command_line_conf]
+
if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
system_conf = []
user_conf = []