diff --git a/dvc/utils/compat.py b/dvc/utils/compat.py
index 372c8d2c6..ab079c1d0 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/compat.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/compat.py
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ except ImportError:
         except AttributeError:
             if hasattr(path_type, "__fspath__"):
                 raise
+
+            # Support for pathlib.Path in Python 3.5, since it doesn't
+            # implement `__fspath__`
+            if isinstance(path, pathlib.Path):
+                return str(path)
+
             else:
                 raise TypeError(
                     "expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, "