diff --git a/storages/utils.py b/storages/utils.py
index 1a9753e1..a44c524c 100644
--- a/storages/utils.py
+++ b/storages/utils.py
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ def clean_name(name):
     Normalize the name.
 
     Includes cleaning up Windows style paths, ensuring an ending trailing slash,
-    and coercing from pathlib.Path.
+    and coercing from pathlib.PurePath.
     """
-    if isinstance(name, pathlib.Path):
+    if isinstance(name, pathlib.PurePath):
         name = str(name)
 
     # Normalize Windows style paths
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 25279503..b6082765 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ def test_clean_name_pathlib(self):
         path = pathlib.Path("path/to/anywhere")
         self.assertEqual(utils.clean_name(path), "path/to/anywhere")
 
+        path = pathlib.PurePath("path/to/anywhere")
+        self.assertEqual(utils.clean_name(path), "path/to/anywhere")
+
     def test_clean_name_normalize(self):
         """
         Test the normalization of clean_name