diff --git a/uproot/rootio.py b/uproot/rootio.py
index 25ff856e..6220ab7b 100644
--- a/uproot/rootio.py
+++ b/uproot/rootio.py
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
 ################################################################ high-level interface
 
 def open(path, localsource=MemmapSource.defaults, xrootdsource=XRootDSource.defaults, httpsource=HTTPSource.defaults, **options):
+    if hasattr(path, "__fspath__"):
+        path = path.__fspath__()
+    if path.__class__.__module__ == "pathlib":
+        import pathlib
+        if isinstance(path, pathlib.Path):
+            path = str(path)
+
     parsed = urlparse(path)
     if _bytesid(parsed.scheme) == b"file" or len(parsed.scheme) == 0:
         path = parsed.netloc + parsed.path
diff --git a/uproot/tree.py b/uproot/tree.py
index 2ad3b556..0fb74822 100644
--- a/uproot/tree.py
+++ b/uproot/tree.py
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ def _delayedraise(excinfo):
             raise err.with_traceback(trc)
 
 def _filename_explode(x):
+    if hasattr(x, "__fspath__"):
+        x = x.__fspath__()
+    if x.__class__.__module__ == "pathlib":
+        import pathlib
+        if isinstance(x, pathlib.Path):
+            x = str(x)
     parsed = urlparse(x)
     if _bytesid(parsed.scheme) == b"file" or len(parsed.scheme) == 0:
         pattern = os.path.expanduser(parsed.netloc + parsed.path)
diff --git a/uproot/version.py b/uproot/version.py
index 7727b6bc..066eafba 100644
--- a/uproot/version.py
+++ b/uproot/version.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-__version__ = "2.9.10"
+__version__ = "2.9.11"
 version = __version__
 version_info = tuple(re.split(r"[-\.]", __version__))