diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 710228658..9c703cc8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,18 +73,18 @@ def main():
     environment_marker_support_level = get_environment_marker_support_level()
     if environment_marker_support_level >= 2:
         install_requires.append('funcsigs;python_version<"3.0"')
-        install_requires.append('pathlib2;python_version<"3.5"')
+        install_requires.append('pathlib2;python_version<"3.6"')
         install_requires.append('colorama;sys_platform=="win32"')
     elif environment_marker_support_level == 1:
         extras_require[':python_version<"3.0"'] = ["funcsigs"]
-        extras_require[':python_version<"3.5"'] = ["pathlib2"]
+        extras_require[':python_version<"3.6"'] = ["pathlib2"]
         extras_require[':sys_platform=="win32"'] = ["colorama"]
     else:
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             install_requires.append("colorama")
         if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
             install_requires.append("funcsigs")
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
             install_requires.append("pathlib2")
 
     setup(
diff --git a/src/_pytest/compat.py b/src/_pytest/compat.py
index 01d46222d..4620f2be9 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/compat.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/compat.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PY35 = sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 5)
 PY36 = sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6)
 MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR = "ModuleNotFoundError" if PY36 else "ImportError"
 
-if PY35:
+if PY36:
     from pathlib import Path
 else:
     from pathlib2 import Path