diff --git a/news/3178.bugfix b/news/3178.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c62697d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/3178.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix tests with Products.MailHost 4.10.
+[maurits]
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/tests/test_notifications.py b/plone/app/discussion/tests/test_notifications.py
index 16844e2..dabed0e 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/tests/test_notifications.py
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/tests/test_notifications.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class TestUserNotificationUnit(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(self.mailhost.messages), 1)
         self.assertTrue(self.mailhost.messages[0])
-        msg = str(self.mailhost.messages[0])
+        msg = self.mailhost.messages[0]
+        msg = msg.decode("utf-8")
         self.assertTrue('To: john@plone.test' in msg)
         self.assertTrue('From: portal@plone.test' in msg)
         # We expect the headers to be properly header encoded (7-bit):
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ class TestModeratorNotificationUnit(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(self.mailhost.messages), 1)
         self.assertTrue(self.mailhost.messages[0])
         msg = self.mailhost.messages[0]
+        msg = msg.decode("utf-8")
         self.assertTrue('To: portal@plone.test' in msg)
         self.assertTrue('From: portal@plone.test' in msg)
         # We expect the headers to be properly header encoded (7-bit):
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ class TestModeratorNotificationUnit(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(self.mailhost.messages), 1)
         msg = self.mailhost.messages[0]
+        msg = msg.decode("utf-8")
         if not isinstance(msg, str):
             self.assertTrue('test@example.com' in msg.mto)
         else: