diff --git a/src/loaders.rs b/src/loaders.rs
index e5d14b2..b8517b0 100644
--- a/src/loaders.rs
+++ b/src/loaders.rs
@@ -70,11 +70,8 @@ pub struct FileSystemLoader {
 }
 
 impl FileSystemLoader {
-    pub fn new(dirs: Vec<String>, encoding: &'static Encoding) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            dirs: dirs.iter().map(PathBuf::from).collect(),
-            encoding,
-        }
+    pub fn new(dirs: Vec<PathBuf>, encoding: &'static Encoding) -> Self {
+        Self { dirs, encoding }
     }
 
     pub fn from_pathbuf(dirs: Vec<PathBuf>, encoding: &'static Encoding) -> Self {
@@ -286,7 +283,7 @@ mod tests {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let engine = EngineData::empty();
             let loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
             let template = loader
                 .get_template(py, "basic.txt", &engine)
                 .unwrap()
@@ -305,7 +302,7 @@ mod tests {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let engine = EngineData::empty();
             let loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
             let error = loader.get_template(py, "missing.txt", &engine).unwrap_err();
 
             let mut expected = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
@@ -329,7 +326,7 @@ mod tests {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let engine = EngineData::empty();
             let loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
             let error = loader
                 .get_template(py, "invalid.txt", &engine)
                 .unwrap()
@@ -364,7 +361,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             // Create a FileSystemLoader for the CachedLoader
             let filesystem_loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
 
             // Wrap the FileSystemLoader in a CachedLoader
             let mut cached_loader = CachedLoader::new(vec![Loader::FileSystem(filesystem_loader)]);
@@ -407,7 +404,7 @@ mod tests {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let engine = EngineData::empty();
             let filesystem_loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
 
             let mut cached_loader = CachedLoader::new(vec![Loader::FileSystem(filesystem_loader)]);
             let error = cached_loader
@@ -444,7 +441,7 @@ mod tests {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let engine = EngineData::empty();
             let filesystem_loader =
-                FileSystemLoader::new(vec!["tests/templates".to_string()], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
+                FileSystemLoader::new(vec![PathBuf::from("tests/templates")], encoding_rs::UTF_8);
 
             let mut cached_loader = CachedLoader::new(vec![Loader::FileSystem(filesystem_loader)]);
             let error = cached_loader
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index 19e423a..817bab1 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub mod django_rusty_templates {
 
     #[pyclass]
     pub struct Engine {
-        dirs: Vec<String>,
+        dirs: Vec<PathBuf>,
         app_dirs: bool,
         context_processors: Vec<String>,
         debug: bool,
diff --git a/tests/test_engine.py b/tests/test_engine.py
index ae21c3f..6eced50 100644
--- a/tests/test_engine.py
+++ b/tests/test_engine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.template.engine import Engine
 from django.template.library import InvalidTemplateLibrary
 
@@ -38,3 +41,15 @@ def test_import_libraries_no_register():
         )
 
     assert str(exc_info.value) == expected
+
+
+def test_pathlib_dirs():
+    engine = RustyTemplates({
+        "NAME": "rust",
+        "OPTIONS": {},
+        "DIRS": [Path(settings.BASE_DIR) / "templates"],
+        "APP_DIRS": False,
+    })
+
+    template = engine.get_template("basic.txt")
+    assert template.render({"user": "Lily"}) == "Hello Lily!\n"