diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cognito.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cognito.py
index ab0075659..f89698b7d 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cognito.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cognito.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import ExtractorError