diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 41be321d..df1b4478 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ Changelog
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+- Accept ``os.PathLike[str]`` in addition to ``str`` for paths in public
+  API (`PR #392`_, Fixes `#372`_)
+
 - Add schema validation for ``build-system`` table to check conformity
   with PEP 517 and PEP 518 (`PR #365`_, Fixes `#364`_)
 
 .. _PR #365: https://github.com/pypa/build/pull/365
+.. _PR #392: https://github.com/pypa/build/pull/392
 .. _#364: https://github.com/pypa/build/issues/364
+.. _#372: https://github.com/pypa/build/issues/372
 
 
 0.7.0 (16-09-2021)
diff --git a/src/build/__init__.py b/src/build/__init__.py
index 7bb71d91..10785722 100644
--- a/src/build/__init__.py
+++ b/src/build/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 RunnerType = Callable[[Sequence[str], Optional[str], Optional[Mapping[str, str]]], None]
 ConfigSettingsType = Mapping[str, Union[str, Sequence[str]]]
+PathType = Union[str, 'os.PathLike[str]']
 _ExcInfoType = Union[Tuple[Type[BaseException], BaseException, types.TracebackType], Tuple[None, None, None]]
 
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def _working_directory(path: str) -> Iterator[None]:
         os.chdir(current)
 
 
-def _validate_source_directory(srcdir: str) -> None:
+def _validate_source_directory(srcdir: PathType) -> None:
     if not os.path.isdir(srcdir):
         raise BuildException(f'Source {srcdir} is not a directory')
     pyproject_toml = os.path.join(srcdir, 'pyproject.toml')
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ class ProjectBuilder:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        srcdir: str,
+        srcdir: PathType,
         python_executable: str = sys.executable,
         scripts_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         runner: RunnerType = pep517.wrappers.default_subprocess_runner,
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ def check_dependencies(
         return {u for d in dependencies for u in check_dependency(d)}
 
     def prepare(
-        self, distribution: str, output_directory: str, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None
+        self, distribution: str, output_directory: PathType, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None
     ) -> Optional[str]:
         """
         Prepare metadata for a distribution.
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ def prepare(
     def build(
         self,
         distribution: str,
-        output_directory: str,
+        output_directory: PathType,
         config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None,
         metadata_directory: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> str:
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ def build(
         kwargs = {} if metadata_directory is None else {'metadata_directory': metadata_directory}
         return self._call_backend(f'build_{distribution}', output_directory, config_settings, **kwargs)
 
-    def metadata_path(self, output_directory: str) -> str:
+    def metadata_path(self, output_directory: PathType) -> str:
         """
         Generates the metadata directory of a distribution and returns its path.
 
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ def metadata_path(self, output_directory: str) -> str:
         return os.path.join(output_directory, distinfo)
 
     def _call_backend(
-        self, hook_name: str, outdir: str, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None, **kwargs: Any
+        self, hook_name: str, outdir: PathType, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> str:
         outdir = os.path.abspath(outdir)
 
diff --git a/src/build/__main__.py b/src/build/__main__.py
index dd4ff0d6..d5685cd9 100644
--- a/src/build/__main__.py
+++ b/src/build/__main__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import build
 
-from build import BuildBackendException, BuildException, ConfigSettingsType, ProjectBuilder
+from build import BuildBackendException, BuildException, ConfigSettingsType, PathType, ProjectBuilder
 from build.env import IsolatedEnvBuilder
 
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _format_dep_chain(dep_chain: Sequence[str]) -> str:
 
 
 def _build_in_isolated_env(
-    builder: ProjectBuilder, outdir: str, distribution: str, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType]
+    builder: ProjectBuilder, outdir: PathType, distribution: str, config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType]
 ) -> str:
     with _IsolatedEnvBuilder() as env:
         builder.python_executable = env.executable
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def _build_in_isolated_env(
 
 def _build_in_current_env(
     builder: ProjectBuilder,
-    outdir: str,
+    outdir: PathType,
     distribution: str,
     config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType],
     skip_dependency_check: bool = False,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def _build_in_current_env(
 def _build(
     isolation: bool,
     builder: ProjectBuilder,
-    outdir: str,
+    outdir: PathType,
     distribution: str,
     config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType],
     skip_dependency_check: bool,
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ def _natural_language_list(elements: Sequence[str]) -> str:
 
 
 def build_package(
-    srcdir: str,
-    outdir: str,
+    srcdir: PathType,
+    outdir: PathType,
     distributions: Sequence[str],
     config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None,
     isolation: bool = True,
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ def build_package(
 
 
 def build_package_via_sdist(
-    srcdir: str,
-    outdir: str,
+    srcdir: PathType,
+    outdir: PathType,
     distributions: Sequence[str],
     config_settings: Optional[ConfigSettingsType] = None,
     isolation: bool = True,
diff --git a/src/build/util.py b/src/build/util.py
index 1710e1c3..f8231ca0 100644
--- a/src/build/util.py
+++ b/src/build/util.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
-from typing import Union
-
 import pep517
 
 import build
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ def _project_wheel_metadata(builder: build.ProjectBuilder) -> 'importlib_metadat
 
 
 def project_wheel_metadata(
-    srcdir: Union[str, 'os.PathLike[str]'],
+    srcdir: build.PathType,
     isolated: bool = True,
 ) -> 'importlib_metadata.PackageMetadata':
     """