1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/compat/py3k.py b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
index d95a362ca..992ea50e6 100644
--- a/numpy/compat/py3k.py
+++ b/numpy/compat/py3k.py
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 __all__ = ['bytes', 'asbytes', 'isfileobj', 'getexception', 'strchar',
            'unicode', 'asunicode', 'asbytes_nested', 'asunicode_nested',
            'asstr', 'open_latin1', 'long', 'basestring', 'sixu',
-           'integer_types']
+           'integer_types', 'is_pathlib_path', 'Path']
 
 import sys
+try:
+    from pathlib import Path
+except ImportError:
+    Path = None
 
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     import io
@@ -86,3 +90,10 @@ def asunicode_nested(x):
         return [asunicode_nested(y) for y in x]
     else:
         return asunicode(x)
+
+
+def is_pathlib_path(obj):
+    """
+    Check whether obj is a pathlib.Path object.
+    """
+    return Path is not None and isinstance(obj, Path)