diff --git a/plugins/time/ntp_packets b/plugins/time/ntp_packets
index ef21e610..30f3f1ae 100755
--- a/plugins/time/ntp_packets
+++ b/plugins/time/ntp_packets
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- python -*-
 
 # This plugin graphs the rate of sent, received, ignored, and dropped
@@ -31,48 +31,48 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
-    print('graph_title NTP packets')
-    print('graph_vlabel Packets/${graph_period} received(-)/sent(+)')
-    print('graph_info This graph shows the packet rates of this ntpd. Ignored and dropped packets are graphed as positive values.')
-    print('graph_category time')
-    print('received.label Received')
-    print('received.type DERIVE')
-    print('received.graph no')
-    print('received.min 0')
-    print('sent.label Rx/Tx')
-    print('sent.type DERIVE')
-    print('sent.negative received')
-    print('sent.min 0')
-    print('dropped.label Dropped')
-    print('dropped.type DERIVE')
-    print('dropped.min 0')
-    print('ignored.label Ignored')
-    print('ignored.type DERIVE')
-    print('ignored.min 0')
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == u'config':
+    print u'graph_title NTP packets'
+    print u'graph_vlabel Packets/${graph_period} received(-)/sent(+)'
+    print u'graph_info This graph shows the packet rates of this ntpd. Ignored and dropped packets are graphed as positive values.'
+    print u'graph_category time'
+    print u'received.label Received'
+    print u'received.type DERIVE'
+    print u'received.graph no'
+    print u'received.min 0'
+    print u'sent.label Rx/Tx'
+    print u'sent.type DERIVE'
+    print u'sent.negative received'
+    print u'sent.min 0'
+    print u'dropped.label Dropped'
+    print u'dropped.type DERIVE'
+    print u'dropped.min 0'
+    print u'ignored.label Ignored'
+    print u'ignored.type DERIVE'
+    print u'ignored.min 0'
     sys.exit(0)
 
-os.environ['PATH'] = '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:' + os.environ['PATH']
+os.environ[u'PATH'] = u'/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:' + os.environ[u'PATH']
 
 # Assuming that the ntpd version is the same as the ntpq or ntpdc
 # version. This is how a proper install should be.
 
-version = subprocess.check_output(['ntpq', '-c', 'version'], universal_newlines=True).split()[1][0:5].replace('.', '')
+version = subprocess.check_output([u'ntpq', u'-c', u'version'], universal_newlines=True).split()[1][0:5].replace(u'.', u'')
 
 if int(version) >= 427:
-    cmd = 'ntpq'
+    cmd = u'ntpq'
 else:
-    cmd = 'ntpdc'
+    cmd = u'ntpdc'
 
 iostats = dict()
 
-iostats_output = subprocess.check_output([cmd, '-c', 'iostats'], universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
+iostats_output = subprocess.check_output([cmd, u'-c', u'iostats'], universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
 
-for line in iostats_output: iostats[line.split(':')[0]] = int(line.split(':')[1])
+for line in iostats_output: iostats[line.split(u':')[0]] = int(line.split(u':')[1])
 
-print('received.value ' + str(iostats['received packets']))
-print('sent.value ' + str(iostats['packets sent']))
-print('dropped.value ' + str(iostats['dropped packets']))
-print('ignored.value ' + str(iostats['ignored packets']))
+print u'received.value ' + unicode(iostats[u'received packets'])
+print u'sent.value ' + unicode(iostats[u'packets sent'])
+print u'dropped.value ' + unicode(iostats[u'dropped packets'])
+print u'ignored.value ' + unicode(iostats[u'ignored packets'])
 
 sys.exit(0)