diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index 9affe2fc82..5d7adfe812 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Form classes
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict, MultiValueDict
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode
+from django.conf import settings
 from fields import Field
 from widgets import TextInput, Textarea, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput
 from util import flatatt, ErrorDict, ErrorList, ValidationError
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ class BoundField(StrAndUnicode):
             # Some Widget render() methods -- notably RadioSelect -- return a
             # "special" object rather than a string. Call the __str__() on that
             # object to get its rendered value.
-            value = value.__str__()
+            value = value.__unicode__()
         return value
 
     def _errors(self):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/regressions.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/regressions.py
index 02b38ec58d..5daabc03af 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/regressions.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/regressions.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ It should be possible to re-use attribute dictionaries (#3810)
 >>> TestForm(auto_id=False).as_p()
 u'<p>F1: <input type="text" class="special" name="f1" maxlength="10" /></p>\n<p>F2: <input type="text" class="special" name="f2" /></p>'
 
-####################### 
-# Tests for form i18n # 
-####################### 
+#######################
+# Tests for form i18n #
+#######################
 There were some problems with form translations in #3600
- 
+
 >>> from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy, activate, deactivate
 >>> class SomeForm(Form):
 ...     username = CharField(max_length=10, label=gettext_lazy('Username'))
@@ -26,4 +26,12 @@ There were some problems with form translations in #3600
 >>> print f.as_p()
 <p><label for="id_username">Benutzername:</label> <input id="id_username" type="text" name="username" maxlength="10" /></p>
 >>> deactivate()
+
+Unicode decoding problems...
+>>> GENDERS = (('0', u'En tied\xe4'), ('1', u'Mies'), ('2', u'Nainen'))
+>>> class SomeForm(Form):
+...     somechoice = ChoiceField(choices=GENDERS, widget=RadioSelect())
+>>> f = SomeForm()
+>>> f.as_p()
+u'<p><label for="id_somechoice_0">Somechoice:</label> <ul>\n<li><label><input type="radio" id="id_somechoice_0" value="0" name="somechoice" /> En tied\xe4</label></li>\n<li><label><input type="radio" id="id_somechoice_1" value="1" name="somechoice" /> Mies</label></li>\n<li><label><input type="radio" id="id_somechoice_2" value="2" name="somechoice" /> Nainen</label></li>\n</ul></p>'
 """