diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/files.py b/django/db/models/fields/files.py
index 8f12e807253..b03d54366ae 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/files.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/files.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class FileField(Field):
         if callable(self.upload_to):
             filename = self.upload_to(instance, filename)
         else:
-            dirname = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(self.upload_to)
+            dirname = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(str(self.upload_to))
             filename = posixpath.join(dirname, filename)
         return self.storage.generate_filename(filename)
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index c267501bf44..01a56c13128 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -629,9 +629,10 @@ Has two optional arguments:
     and can be set in two ways. In both cases, the value is passed to the
     :meth:`Storage.save() <django.core.files.storage.Storage.save>` method.
 
-    If you specify a string value, it may contain :func:`~time.strftime`
-    formatting, which will be replaced by the date/time of the file upload (so
-    that uploaded files don't fill up the given directory). For example::
+    If you specify a string value or a :class:`~pathlib.Path`, it may contain
+    :func:`~time.strftime` formatting, which will be replaced by the date/time
+    of the file upload (so that uploaded files don't fill up the given
+    directory). For example::
 
         class MyModel(models.Model):
             # file will be uploaded to MEDIA_ROOT/uploads
@@ -679,6 +680,10 @@ Has two optional arguments:
         class MyModel(models.Model):
             upload = models.FileField(upload_to=user_directory_path)
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.0
+
+        Support for :class:`pathlib.Path` was added.
+
 .. attribute:: FileField.storage
 
     A storage object, which handles the storage and retrieval of your
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.0.txt b/docs/releases/3.0.txt
index b6b33683378..2e345f6fe5c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.0.txt
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ Models
   a certain (database-dependent) limit. Values from ``1`` to ``32767`` are safe
   in all databases supported by Django.
 
+* :attr:`.FileField.upload_to` now supports :class:`pathlib.Path`.
+
 Requests and Responses
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/tests/file_storage/models.py b/tests/file_storage/models.py
index 96805f6ad59..8085a8bb1aa 100644
--- a/tests/file_storage/models.py
+++ b/tests/file_storage/models.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Storage(models.Model):
     normal = models.FileField(storage=temp_storage, upload_to='tests')
     custom = models.FileField(storage=temp_storage, upload_to=custom_upload_to)
     pathlib_callable = models.FileField(storage=temp_storage, upload_to=pathlib_upload_to)
+    pathlib_direct = models.FileField(storage=temp_storage, upload_to=Path('bar'))
     random = models.FileField(storage=temp_storage, upload_to=random_upload_to)
     custom_valid_name = models.FileField(
         storage=CustomValidNameStorage(location=temp_storage_location),
diff --git a/tests/file_storage/tests.py b/tests/file_storage/tests.py
index 6edfd2902c4..1c4176014c5 100644
--- a/tests/file_storage/tests.py
+++ b/tests/file_storage/tests.py
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ class FileFieldStorageTests(TestCase):
         obj = Storage()
         obj.pathlib_callable.save('some_file1.txt', ContentFile('some content'))
         self.assertEqual(obj.pathlib_callable.name, 'bar/some_file1.txt')
+        obj.pathlib_direct.save('some_file2.txt', ContentFile('some content'))
+        self.assertEqual(obj.pathlib_direct.name, 'bar/some_file2.txt')
         obj.random.close()
 
     def test_random_upload_to(self):