diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/util.py b/python/python/lancedb/util.py
index 3babc3872..f1a652924 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/util.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/util.py
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ def safe_import_adlfs():
 adlfs = safe_import_adlfs()
 
 
-def get_uri_scheme(uri: str) -> str:
+def get_uri_scheme(uri: Union[str, pathlib.Path]) -> str:
     """
     Get the scheme of a URI. If the URI does not have a scheme, assume it is a file URI.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    uri : str
+    uri : str or pathlib.Path
         The URI to parse.
 
     Returns
     -------
     str: The scheme of the URI.
     """
-    parsed = urlparse(uri)
+    parsed = urlparse(str(uri))
     scheme = parsed.scheme
     if not scheme:
         scheme = "file"
@@ -61,25 +61,26 @@ def get_uri_scheme(uri: str) -> str:
     return scheme
 
 
-def get_uri_location(uri: str) -> str:
+def get_uri_location(uri: Union[str, pathlib.Path]) -> str:
     """
     Get the location of a URI. If the parameter is not a url, assumes it is just a path
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    uri : str
+    uri : str or pathlib.Path
         The URI to parse.
 
     Returns
     -------
     str: Location part of the URL, without scheme
     """
-    parsed = urlparse(uri)
+    uri_str = str(uri)
+    parsed = urlparse(uri_str)
     if len(parsed.scheme) == 1:
         # Windows drive names are parsed as the scheme
         # e.g. "c:\path" -> ParseResult(scheme="c", netloc="", path="/path", ...)
         # So we add special handling here for schemes that are a single character
-        return uri
+        return uri_str
 
     if not parsed.netloc:
         return parsed.path
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_util.py b/python/python/tests/test_util.py
index 741214794..4671109b8 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_util.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import pytest
 import lancedb
 from lancedb.util import (
     flatten_columns,
+    get_uri_location,
     get_uri_scheme,
     inf_vector_column_query,
     join_uri,
@@ -86,6 +87,22 @@ def test_normalize_uri():
         assert parsed_scheme == expected_scheme
 
 
+def test_get_uri_scheme_and_location_pathlib():
+    # Test pathlib.Path instances
+    abs_path = pathlib.Path("/tmp/data")
+    rel_path = pathlib.Path("relative/data")
+
+    assert get_uri_scheme(abs_path) == "file"
+    assert get_uri_scheme(rel_path) == "file"
+
+    assert get_uri_location(abs_path) == str(abs_path)
+    assert get_uri_location(rel_path) == str(rel_path)
+
+    # String URIs still behave identically
+    assert get_uri_scheme("s3://bucket/data") == "s3"
+    assert get_uri_location("s3://bucket/data") == "bucket/data"
+
+
 def test_join_uri_remote():
     schemes = ["s3", "az", "gs"]
     for scheme in schemes: