diff --git a/storages/utils.py b/storages/utils.py
index 4a5d8f41c..45a66b9ea 100644
--- a/storages/utils.py
+++ b/storages/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import pathlib
 import posixpath
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -30,8 +31,14 @@ def setting(name, default=None):
 
 def clean_name(name):
     """
-    Cleans the name so that Windows style paths work
+    Normalize the name.
+
+    Includes cleaning up Windows style paths, ensuring an ending trailing slash,
+    and coercing from pathlib.Path.
     """
+    if isinstance(name, pathlib.Path):
+        name = str(name)
+
     # Normalize Windows style paths
     clean_name = posixpath.normpath(name).replace('\\', '/')
 
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ def clean_name(name):
     # a workaround here.
     if name.endswith('/') and not clean_name.endswith('/'):
         # Add a trailing slash as it was stripped.
-        clean_name = clean_name + '/'
+        clean_name += '/'
 
     # Given an empty string, os.path.normpath() will return ., which we don't want
     if clean_name == '.':
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index e411d232c..252795037 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import pathlib
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousFileOperation
@@ -16,12 +17,15 @@ def test_get_setting(self):
 
 class CleanNameTests(TestCase):
     def test_clean_name(self):
-        """
-        Test the base case of clean_name
-        """
+        """Test the base case of clean_name."""
         path = utils.clean_name("path/to/somewhere")
         self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere")
 
+    def test_clean_name_pathlib(self):
+        """Test for pathlib.Path handling."""
+        path = pathlib.Path("path/to/anywhere")
+        self.assertEqual(utils.clean_name(path), "path/to/anywhere")
+
     def test_clean_name_normalize(self):
         """
         Test the normalization of clean_name
@@ -30,16 +34,12 @@ def test_clean_name_normalize(self):
         self.assertEqual(path, "path/somewhere")
 
     def test_clean_name_trailing_slash(self):
-        """
-        Test the clean_name when the path has a trailing slash
-        """
+        """Test the clean_name when the path has a trailing slash."""
         path = utils.clean_name("path/to/somewhere/")
         self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere/")
 
     def test_clean_name_windows(self):
-        """
-        Test the clean_name when the path has a trailing slash
-        """
+        """Test the clean_name when the path has a trailing slash."""
         path = utils.clean_name("path\\to\\somewhere")
         self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere")