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diff --git a/rest_framework/authentication.py b/rest_framework/authentication.py
index 4b18b40c..d283959d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authentication.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authentication.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class BasicAuthentication(BaseAuthentication):
auth = request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].split()
if len(auth) == 2 and auth[0].lower() == "basic":
try:
- auth_parts = base64.b64decode(auth[1]).partition(':')
+ auth_parts = base64.b64decode(auth[1].encode('utf8')).decode('utf8').partition(':')
except TypeError:
return None