diff --git a/parsedmarc/__init__.py b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
index 280c7b0..94fe60b 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/__init__.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
@@ -962,10 +962,12 @@ def extract_report(content: Union[bytes, str, BinaryIO]) -> str:
     return report
 
 
-def extract_report_from_file_path(file_path: str):
+def extract_report_from_file_path(
+    file_path: Union[str, bytes, os.PathLike[str], os.PathLike[bytes]],
+) -> str:
     """Extracts report from a file at the given file_path"""
     try:
-        with open(file_path, "rb") as report_file:
+        with open(os.fspath(file_path), "rb") as report_file:
             return extract_report(report_file.read())
     except FileNotFoundError:
         raise ParserError("File was not found")
@@ -1660,7 +1662,7 @@ def parse_report_email(
 
 
 def parse_report_file(
-    input_: Union[bytes, str, BinaryIO],
+    input_: Union[bytes, str, os.PathLike[str], os.PathLike[bytes], BinaryIO],
     *,
     nameservers: Optional[list[str]] = None,
     dns_timeout: float = 2.0,
@@ -1677,7 +1679,8 @@ def parse_report_file(
     file-like object. or bytes
 
     Args:
-        input_ (str | bytes | BinaryIO): A path to a file, a file like object, or bytes
+        input_ (str | os.PathLike | bytes | BinaryIO): A path to a file,
+            a file-like object, or bytes
         nameservers (list): A list of one or more nameservers to use
             (Cloudflare's public DNS resolvers by default)
         dns_timeout (float): Sets the DNS timeout in seconds
@@ -1694,9 +1697,10 @@ def parse_report_file(
         dict: The parsed DMARC report
     """
     file_object: BinaryIO
-    if isinstance(input_, str):
-        logger.debug("Parsing {0}".format(input_))
-        file_object = open(input_, "rb")
+    if isinstance(input_, (str, os.PathLike)):
+        file_path = os.fspath(input_)
+        logger.debug("Parsing {0}".format(file_path))
+        file_object = open(file_path, "rb")
     elif isinstance(input_, (bytes, bytearray, memoryview)):
         file_object = BytesIO(bytes(input_))
     else:
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 7f54b60..4ab6fb1 100755
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -100,15 +100,23 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
     def testExtractReportXML(self):
         """Test extract report function for XML input"""
         print()
-        file = "samples/extract_report/nice-input.xml"
-        print("Testing {0}: ".format(file), end="")
-        xmlout = parsedmarc.extract_report_from_file_path(file)
+        report_path = "samples/extract_report/nice-input.xml"
+        print("Testing {0}: ".format(report_path), end="")
+        xmlout = parsedmarc.extract_report_from_file_path(report_path)
         xmlin_file = open("samples/extract_report/nice-input.xml")
         xmlin = xmlin_file.read()
         xmlin_file.close()
         self.assertTrue(compare_xml(xmlout, xmlin))
         print("Passed!")
 
+    def testExtractReportXMLFromPath(self):
+        """Test extract report function for pathlib.Path input"""
+        report_path = Path("samples/extract_report/nice-input.xml")
+        xmlout = parsedmarc.extract_report_from_file_path(report_path)
+        with open("samples/extract_report/nice-input.xml") as xmlin_file:
+            xmlin = xmlin_file.read()
+        self.assertTrue(compare_xml(xmlout, xmlin))
+
     def testExtractReportGZip(self):
         """Test extract report function for gzip input"""
         print()
@@ -137,6 +145,28 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(compare_xml(xmlout, xmlin))
         print("Passed!")
 
+    def testParseReportFileAcceptsPathForXML(self):
+        report_path = Path(
+            "samples/aggregate/protection.outlook.com!example.com!1711756800!1711843200.xml"
+        )
+        result = parsedmarc.parse_report_file(
+            report_path,
+            offline=True,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result["report_type"], "aggregate")
+        self.assertEqual(result["report"]["report_metadata"]["org_name"], "outlook.com")
+
+    def testParseReportFileAcceptsPathForEmail(self):
+        report_path = Path(
+            "samples/aggregate/Report domain- borschow.com Submitter- google.com Report-ID- 949348866075514174.eml"
+        )
+        result = parsedmarc.parse_report_file(
+            report_path,
+            offline=True,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result["report_type"], "aggregate")
+        self.assertEqual(result["report"]["report_metadata"]["org_name"], "google.com")
+
     def testAggregateSamples(self):
         """Test sample aggregate/rua DMARC reports"""
         print()