diff --git a/send2trash/plat_gio.py b/send2trash/plat_gio.py
index 9809fe7..0b11c8d 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_gio.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_gio.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 from gi.repository import GObject, Gio
 from .exceptions import TrashPermissionError
+from .util import preprocess_paths
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     for path in paths:
         try:
             f = Gio.File.new_for_path(path)
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_osx_ctypes.py b/send2trash/plat_osx_ctypes.py
index ac6634c..05a70eb 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_osx_ctypes.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_osx_ctypes.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ctypes import cdll, byref, Structure, c_char, c_char_p
 from ctypes.util import find_library
 
 from .compat import binary_type
+from .util import preprocess_paths
 
 Foundation = cdll.LoadLibrary(find_library("Foundation"))
 CoreServices = cdll.LoadLibrary(find_library("CoreServices"))
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ def check_op_result(op_result):
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     paths = [
         path.encode("utf-8") if not isinstance(path, binary_type) else path
         for path in paths
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_osx_pyobjc.py b/send2trash/plat_osx_pyobjc.py
index e34726e..49d111c 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_osx_pyobjc.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_osx_pyobjc.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from Foundation import NSFileManager, NSURL
 from .compat import text_type
+from .util import preprocess_paths
 
 
 def check_op_result(op_result):
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@ def check_op_result(op_result):
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     paths = [
         path.decode("utf-8") if not isinstance(path, text_type) else path
         for path in paths
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_other.py b/send2trash/plat_other.py
index 37777ca..78da82f 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_other.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_other.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from urllib import quote
 
 from .compat import text_type, environb
+from .util import preprocess_paths
 from .exceptions import TrashPermissionError
 
 try:
@@ -172,8 +173,7 @@ def get_dev(path):
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     for path in paths:
         if isinstance(path, text_type):
             path_b = fsencode(path)
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_win_legacy.py b/send2trash/plat_win_legacy.py
index 4a35ad7..31b8910 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_win_legacy.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_win_legacy.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os.path as op
 from .compat import text_type
+from .util import preprocess_paths
+
 from ctypes import (
     windll,
     Structure,
@@ -101,8 +103,7 @@ def get_short_path_name(long_name):
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     # convert data type
     paths = [
         text_type(path, "mbcs") if not isinstance(path, text_type) else path
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_win_modern.py b/send2trash/plat_win_modern.py
index 1bcf039..ec00934 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_win_modern.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_win_modern.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os.path as op
 from .compat import text_type
+from .util import preprocess_paths
 from platform import version
 import pythoncom
 import pywintypes
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ from .IFileOperationProgressSink import CreateSink
 
 
 def send2trash(paths):
-    if not isinstance(paths, list):
-        paths = [paths]
+    paths = preprocess_paths(paths)
     # convert data type
     paths = [
         text_type(path, "mbcs") if not isinstance(path, text_type) else path
diff --git a/send2trash/util.py b/send2trash/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..677a856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/send2trash/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Copyright 2017 Virgil Dupras
+
+# This software is licensed under the "BSD" License as described in the "LICENSE" file,
+# which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at
+# http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
+
+
+def preprocess_paths(paths):
+    if not isinstance(paths, list):
+        paths = [paths]
+    # Convert items such as pathlib paths to strings
+    paths = [
+        path.__fspath__() if hasattr(path, "__fspath__") else path for path in paths
+    ]
+    return paths