diff --git a/newsfragments/3509.bugfix b/newsfragments/3509.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d633feab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3509.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix regression that broke flogtool results on Python 2.
\ No newline at end of file