diff --git a/branca/element.py b/branca/element.py
index 36a661c..0924af4 100644
--- a/branca/element.py
+++ b/branca/element.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 from binascii import hexlify
 from os import urandom
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, PackageLoader, Template
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def save(self, outfile, close_file=True, **kwargs):
         close_file : bool, default True
             Whether the file has to be closed after write.
         """
-        if isinstance(outfile, str) or isinstance(outfile, bytes):
+        if isinstance(outfile, (str, bytes, Path)):
             fid = open(outfile, 'wb')
         else:
             fid = outfile