diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index f3c2844..e8ebc90 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
         self.addTypeEqualityFunc(tuple, self.assertTupleEqual)
         self.addTypeEqualityFunc(set, self.assertSetEqual)
         self.addTypeEqualityFunc(frozenset, self.assertSetEqual)
+        self.addTypeEqualityFunc(unicode, self.assertMultiLineEqual)
 
     def addTypeEqualityFunc(self, typeobj, function):
         """Add a type specific assertEqual style function to compare a type.