diff --git a/ldclient/integrations/overrides.py b/ldclient/integrations/overrides.py
index e0bfe586..4d70e984 100644
--- a/ldclient/integrations/overrides.py
+++ b/ldclient/integrations/overrides.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import math
 import os
 import threading
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
+from typing import List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from ldclient.config import DataSourceBuilderConfig, OverrideSourceBuilder
 from ldclient.impl.integrations.files.filedata import (
@@ -103,14 +103,29 @@ class FileOverrideSourceBuilder(OverrideSourceBuilder):
     system.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, paths: Union[str, List[str]]):
+    def __init__(self, paths: Union[str, 'os.PathLike[str]', Sequence[Union[str, 'os.PathLike[str]']]]):
         """
         :param paths: the files to load overrides from, as a single path or a list of paths.
-          The order is significant: it determines which file wins under the duplicate keys
-          handling when the same key appears in more than one file. Relative paths are
-          resolved against the current working directory when the source is built.
+          Each path is a string or a path object such as :class:`pathlib.Path`. The order is
+          significant: it determines which file wins under the duplicate keys handling when the
+          same key appears in more than one file. Relative paths are resolved against the
+          current working directory when the source is built.
+        :raises TypeError: when a path is neither a string nor a path object that names a string
+          path
         """
-        self.__paths: List[str] = [paths] if isinstance(paths, str) else list(paths)
+        # bytes and bytearray are single values too, so that they get the error below instead of
+        # being read as a sequence of integers.
+        if isinstance(paths, (str, bytes, bytearray, os.PathLike)):
+            paths = [paths]
+        self.__paths: List[str] = []
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                name: object = os.fspath(path)
+            except TypeError:
+                name = None
+            if not isinstance(name, str):
+                raise TypeError("file paths for the file-based override source must be strings or path objects; got %r" % (path,))
+            self.__paths.append(name)
         self.__duplicate_keys_handling = DuplicateKeysHandling.FAIL
         self.__change_detection = ChangeDetection.POLLING
         self.__poll_interval = self.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL
diff --git a/ldclient/testing/integrations/test_file_override_source.py b/ldclient/testing/integrations/test_file_override_source.py
index abfff9b8..4ae4f4f8 100644
--- a/ldclient/testing/integrations/test_file_override_source.py
+++ b/ldclient/testing/integrations/test_file_override_source.py
@@ -122,6 +122,66 @@ def test_builder_accepts_a_single_path_string(tmp_path):
     assert source._paths == [path]
 
 
+def test_builder_accepts_a_single_path_object(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'overrides.json'
+    source = FileOverrideSourceBuilder(path).build(SDKConfig('SDK_KEY'))
+    assert isinstance(source, _FileOverrideSource)
+    assert source._paths == [str(path)]
+
+
+def test_builder_accepts_a_list_of_path_objects(tmp_path):
+    paths = [tmp_path / 'a.json', tmp_path / 'b.json']
+    source = FileOverrideSourceBuilder(paths).build(SDKConfig('SDK_KEY'))
+    assert isinstance(source, _FileOverrideSource)
+    assert source._paths == [str(path) for path in paths]
+
+
+class LabeledPath:
+    """A path object whose string form is not its path, as with :class:`os.DirEntry`."""
+
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self._path = path
+
+    def __fspath__(self):
+        return self._path
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return '<LabeledPath>'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('as_list', [False, True], ids=['single', 'list'])
+def test_builder_uses_the_file_system_path_of_a_path_object(tmp_path, as_list):
+    path = os.path.join(str(tmp_path), 'overrides.json')
+    paths = [LabeledPath(path)] if as_list else LabeledPath(path)
+    source = FileOverrideSourceBuilder(paths).build(SDKConfig('SDK_KEY'))
+    assert isinstance(source, _FileOverrideSource)
+    assert source._paths == [path]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'paths',
+    [
+        b'/overrides.json',
+        bytearray(b'/overrides.json'),
+        [b'/overrides.json'],
+        LabeledPath(b'/overrides.json'),
+        [LabeledPath(b'/overrides.json')],
+        [42],
+        [None],
+    ],
+    ids=['bytes', 'bytearray', 'bytes in a list', 'path object naming bytes', 'path object naming bytes in a list', 'int', 'none'],
+)
+def test_builder_rejects_a_path_that_is_not_a_string_or_path_object(paths):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match='file paths for the file-based override source must be strings or path objects'):
+        FileOverrideSourceBuilder(paths)
+
+
+def test_builder_names_a_rejected_bytes_path_whole():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
+        FileOverrideSourceBuilder(b'/overrides.json')
+    assert "b'/overrides.json'" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
 def test_builder_resolves_relative_paths():
     source = FileOverrideSourceBuilder(['relative/overrides.json']).build(SDKConfig('SDK_KEY'))
     assert isinstance(source, _FileOverrideSource)
@@ -256,6 +316,13 @@ def test_source_loads_initial_data_synchronously(tmp_path, sources):
     assert snapshot[0]['flag1'].is_override is False, "the source supplies unmarked definitions; the SDK marks them"
 
 
+def test_source_loads_a_file_given_as_a_path_object(tmp_path, sources):
+    path = tmp_path / 'overrides.json'
+    write_file(str(path), '{"flagValues": {"flag1": true}}')
+    _, sink = build_source(sources, path)
+    assert flag_values(sink.require_snapshot()) == {'flag1': True}
+
+
 @yaml_required
 def test_source_loads_yaml(tmp_path, sources):
     path = os.path.join(str(tmp_path), 'overrides.yaml')