#8133: Use appropriate Unicode decomposition on MacOS X platform.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imp.py b/Lib/test/test_imp.py
index 79b3e0f..b7b986b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_imp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_imp.py
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@
             'cp1258' : b'\xc0',
             }
 
-        special_char = known_locales.get(fs_encoding)
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            self.assertEqual(fs_encoding, 'utf-8')
+            # Mac OS X uses the Normal Form D decomposition
+            # http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2001/qa1173.html
+            special_char = b'a\xcc\x88'
+        else:
+            special_char = known_locales.get(fs_encoding)
+
         if not special_char:
             self.skipTest("can't run this test with %s as filesystem encoding"
                           % fs_encoding)