diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 34bbdbb38..e0e8005ab 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1359,3 +1359,9 @@ def getCommonStart(strings=[]):
         count += 1
 
     return retVal
+
+def getBruteUnicode(string):
+    retVal = unicode()
+    for char in string:
+        retVal += unichr(ord(char))
+    return retVal
diff --git a/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py b/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
index a0433e795..be04c978e 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/mysql/connector.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Connector(GenericConnector):
         self.initConnection()
 
         try:
-            self.connector = MySQLdb.connect(host=self.hostname, user=self.user, passwd=self.password, db=self.db, port=self.port, connect_timeout=conf.timeout)
+            self.connector = MySQLdb.connect(host=self.hostname, user=self.user, passwd=self.password, db=self.db, port=self.port, connect_timeout=conf.timeout, use_unicode=True)
         except MySQLdb.OperationalError, msg:
             raise sqlmapConnectionException, msg[1]
 
diff --git a/plugins/generic/enumeration.py b/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
index f9424ad06..c66a2a2ea 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class Enumeration:
 
                             # In PostgreSQL we get 1 if the privilege is
                             # True, 0 otherwise
-                            if kb.dbms == "PostgreSQL" and str(privilege).isdigit():
+                            if kb.dbms == "PostgreSQL" and unicode(privilege).isdigit():
                                 for position, pgsqlPriv in pgsqlPrivs:
                                     if count == position and int(privilege) == 1:
                                         privileges.add(pgsqlPriv)
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ class Enumeration:
                         else:
                             colEntry = entry[index]
 
-                        colEntryLen = len(str(colEntry))
+                        colEntryLen = len(unicode(colEntry))
                         maxLen = max(colLen, colEntryLen)
 
                         if maxLen > kb.data.dumpedTable[column]["length"]: