diff --git a/serde/src/de/impls.rs b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
index 783eb562..13f5c996 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
@@ -897,6 +897,44 @@ parse_impl!(net::SocketAddrV6);
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+struct PathVisitor;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PathVisitor {
+    type Value = &'a Path;
+
+    fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str("a borrowed path")
+    }
+
+    fn visit_borrowed_str<E>(self, v: &'a str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: Error,
+    {
+        Ok(v.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    fn visit_borrowed_bytes<E>(self, v: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+        E: Error,
+    {
+        str::from_utf8(v)
+            .map(AsRef::as_ref)
+            .map_err(|_| Error::invalid_value(Unexpected::Bytes(v), &self))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<'de: 'a, 'a> Deserialize<'de> for &'a Path {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        deserializer.deserialize_str(PathVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 struct PathBufVisitor;
 
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
index c5ab4baa..d1bddfaf 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_de.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::net;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::ffi::{CString, OsString};
@@ -710,6 +710,11 @@ declare_tests! {
         "1.2.3.4:1234".parse::<net::SocketAddrV4>().unwrap() => &[Token::Str("1.2.3.4:1234")],
         "[::1]:1234".parse::<net::SocketAddrV6>().unwrap() => &[Token::Str("[::1]:1234")],
     }
+    test_path {
+        Path::new("/usr/local/lib") => &[
+            Token::BorrowedStr("/usr/local/lib"),
+        ],
+    }
     test_path_buf {
         PathBuf::from("/usr/local/lib") => &[
             Token::String("/usr/local/lib"),