diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index a63b73b33..9eecad1ca 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
             )
 
         if is_path(font):
-            if isinstance(font, Path):
+            if isinstance(font, os.PathLike):
                 font = str(font)
             if sys.platform == "win32":
                 font_bytes_path = font if isinstance(font, bytes) else font.encode()
diff --git a/src/PIL/_util.py b/src/PIL/_util.py
index 4ecdc4bd3..b649500ab 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_util.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ._typing import StrOrBytesPath, TypeGuard
 
 
 def is_path(f: Any) -> TypeGuard[StrOrBytesPath]:
-    return isinstance(f, (bytes, str, Path))
+    return isinstance(f, (bytes, str, os.PathLike))
 
 
 def is_directory(f: Any) -> TypeGuard[bytes | str | Path]: