diff --git a/serde/build.rs b/serde/build.rs
index e36ed62f5..a78b6d79a 100644
--- a/serde/build.rs
+++ b/serde/build.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ fn main() {
         println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=core_reverse");
     }
 
-    // CString::into_boxed_c_str stabilized in Rust 1.20:
+    // CString::into_boxed_c_str and PathBuf::into_boxed_path stabilized in Rust 1.20:
     // https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ffi/struct.CString.html#method.into_boxed_c_str
+    // https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/path/struct.PathBuf.html#method.into_boxed_path
     if minor >= 20 {
         println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=de_boxed_c_str");
     }
diff --git a/serde/src/de/impls.rs b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
index e96314809..cffe05900 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
@@ -1580,6 +1580,24 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for PathBufVisitor {
     {
         Ok(From::from(v))
     }
+
+    fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: Error,
+    {
+        str::from_utf8(v)
+            .map(From::from)
+            .map_err(|_| Error::invalid_value(Unexpected::Bytes(v), &self))
+    }
+
+    fn visit_byte_buf<E>(self, v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: Error,
+    {
+        String::from_utf8(v)
+            .map(From::from)
+            .map_err(|e| Error::invalid_value(Unexpected::Bytes(&e.into_bytes()), &self))
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
@@ -1592,6 +1610,9 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for PathBuf {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "std", de_boxed_c_str))]
+forwarded_impl!((), Box<Path>, PathBuf::into_boxed_path);
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // If this were outside of the serde crate, it would just use:
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
index 16628efd6..025d87b09 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
@@ -889,11 +889,37 @@ declare_tests! {
         Path::new("/usr/local/lib") => &[
             Token::BorrowedStr("/usr/local/lib"),
         ],
+        Path::new("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::BorrowedBytes(b"/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
     }
     test_path_buf {
         PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::Str("/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::String("/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::Bytes(b"/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::ByteBuf(b"/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+    }
+    test_boxed_path {
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib").into_boxed_path() => &[
+            Token::Str("/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib").into_boxed_path() => &[
             Token::String("/usr/local/lib"),
         ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib").into_boxed_path() => &[
+            Token::Bytes(b"/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+        PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib").into_boxed_path() => &[
+            Token::ByteBuf(b"/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
     }
     test_cstring {
         CString::new("abc").unwrap() => &[