diff --git a/nox/sessions.py b/nox/sessions.py
index 396a09fc..d44f10b9 100644
--- a/nox/sessions.py
+++ b/nox/sessions.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def interactive(self) -> bool:
         """Returns True if Nox is being run in an interactive session or False otherwise."""
         return not self._runner.global_config.non_interactive and sys.stdin.isatty()
 
-    def chdir(self, dir: str) -> None:
+    def chdir(self, dir: Union[str, os.PathLike]) -> None:
         """Change the current working directory."""
         self.log("cd {}".format(dir))
         os.chdir(dir)
diff --git a/tests/test_sessions.py b/tests/test_sessions.py
index e1e19eae..326133e5 100644
--- a/tests/test_sessions.py
+++ b/tests/test_sessions.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 
 import nox.command
@@ -151,6 +152,17 @@ def test_chdir(self, tmpdir):
         assert os.getcwd() == cdto
         os.chdir(current_cwd)
 
+    def test_chdir_pathlib(self, tmpdir):
+        cdto = str(tmpdir.join("cdbby").ensure(dir=True))
+        current_cwd = os.getcwd()
+
+        session, _ = self.make_session_and_runner()
+
+        session.chdir(Path(cdto))
+
+        assert os.getcwd() == cdto
+        os.chdir(current_cwd)
+
     def test_run_bad_args(self):
         session, _ = self.make_session_and_runner()