diff --git a/tools/worlddump.py b/tools/worlddump.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index d5ff5d1..1e6e176
--- a/tools/worlddump.py
+++ b/tools/worlddump.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 import datetime
 from distutils import spawn
 import fnmatch
+import io
 import os
-import os.path
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@
 # This method gets max version searching 'OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x'.
 # And return a version value converted to an integer type.
 def _get_ofp_version():
-    process = subprocess.Popen(['ovs-ofctl', '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    process = subprocess.Popen(['ovs-ofctl', '--version'],
+                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdout, _ = process.communicate()
-    find_str = 'OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x'
+    find_str = b'OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x'
     offset = stdout.find(find_str)
     return int(stdout[offset + len(find_str):-1]) - 1
 
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@
 
 def compute_consoles():
     _header("Compute consoles")
-    for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('/opt/stack'):
+    for root, _, filenames in os.walk('/opt/stack'):
         for filename in fnmatch.filter(filenames, 'console.log'):
             fullpath = os.path.join(root, filename)
             _dump_cmd("sudo cat %s" % fullpath)
@@ -234,12 +235,22 @@
         # tools out there that can do that sort of thing though.
         _dump_cmd("ls -ltrah /var/core")
 
+
+def disable_stdio_buffering():
+    # re-open STDOUT as binary, then wrap it in a
+    # TextIOWrapper, and write through everything.
+    binary_stdout = io.open(sys.stdout.fileno(), 'wb', 0)
+    sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(binary_stdout, write_through=True)
+
+
 def main():
     opts = get_options()
     fname = filename(opts.dir, opts.name)
     print("World dumping... see %s for details" % fname)
-    sys.stdout = os.fdopen(sys.stdout.fileno(), 'w', 0)
-    with open(fname, 'w') as f:
+
+    disable_stdio_buffering()
+
+    with io.open(fname, 'w') as f:
         os.dup2(f.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
         disk_space()
         process_list()