diff --git a/tiramisu/option.py b/tiramisu/option.py
index 78c11a5..cdd180c 100644
--- a/tiramisu/option.py
+++ b/tiramisu/option.py
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ class StrOption(Option):
     def _validate(self, value):
         return isinstance(value, str)
 
+class UnicodeOption(Option):
+    opt_type = 'unicode'
+
+    def _validate(self, value):
+        return isinstance(value, unicode)
+
 class SymLinkOption(object):
     opt_type = 'symlink'