diff --git a/html2text.py b/html2text.py
index 17528901..99b36b83 100755
--- a/html2text.py
+++ b/html2text.py
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ def has_key(x, y):
 try: from textwrap import wrap
 except: pass
 
+#support the python3 API 
+if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+    unichr=chr
+    xrange=range
+
 # Use Unicode characters instead of their ascii psuedo-replacements
 UNICODE_SNOB = 0
 
@@ -543,7 +548,7 @@ def handle_tag(self, tag, attrs, start):
                     nest_count = self.google_nest_count(tag_style)
                 else:
                     nest_count = len(self.list)
-                self.o("  " * nest_count) #TODO: line up <ol><li>s > 9 correctly.
+                self.o("  " * int(nest_count)) #TODO: line up <ol><li>s > 9 correctly.
                 if li['name'] == "ul": self.o(self.ul_item_mark + " ")
                 elif li['name'] == "ol":
                     li['num'] += 1
diff --git a/test/run_tests.py b/test/run_tests.py
index 7ebfd394..b2257536 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.py
+++ b/test/run_tests.py
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ def test_module(fn, google_doc=False, **kwargs):
         h.body_width = 0
         h.hide_strikethrough = True
 
-    for k, v in kwargs.iteritems():
-        setattr(h, k, v)
+    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
+            setattr(h, k, v)
+    else:
+        for k, v in kwargs.iteritems():
+            setattr(h, k, v)
 
     result = get_baseline(fn)
-    actual = h.handle(file(fn).read())
+    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+        actual = h.handle(codecs.open(fn, mode='r', encoding='utf8').read())
+    else:
+        actual = h.handle(file(fn).read())
     return print_result(fn, 'module', result, actual)
 
 def test_command(fn, *args):
@@ -43,7 +50,10 @@ def test_command(fn, *args):
     cmd += [fn]
 
     result = get_baseline(fn)
-    actual = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()
+    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+        actual = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().decode('utf8')
+    else:
+        actual = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()
 
     if os.name == 'nt':
         # Fix the unwanted CR to CRCRLF replacement