#3426: os.path.abspath now returns unicode when its arg is unicode.
diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index 14e49a3..15714c6 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@
 def abspath(path):
     """Return an absolute path."""
     if not isabs(path):
-        path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
+        if isinstance(path, unicode):
+            cwd = os.getcwdu()
+        else:
+            cwd = os.getcwd()
+        path = join(cwd, path)
     return normpath(path)
 
 # realpath is a no-op on systems without islink support