diff --git a/components/style/build.rs b/components/style/build.rs
index 88e301b6bba..4f7eaf76013 100644
--- a/components/style/build.rs
+++ b/components/style/build.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ import sys
 from mako.template import Template
 from mako import exceptions
 try:
-    print(Template(filename=os.environ['TEMPLATE'], input_encoding='utf8').render(PRODUCT=os.environ['PRODUCT'])
-                                                                          .encode('utf8'))
+    template = Template(open(os.environ['TEMPLATE'], 'rb').read(), input_encoding='utf8')
+    print(template.render(PRODUCT=os.environ['PRODUCT']).encode('utf8'))
 except:
     sys.stderr.write(exceptions.text_error_template().render().encode('utf8'))
     sys.exit(1)