diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 174b7e8..59390d0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@
       copy the file more efficiently. See
       :ref:`shutil-platform-dependent-efficient-copy-operations` section.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.9
+      Accepts a :term:`path-like object` for both *src* and *dst*.
+
 .. function:: disk_usage(path)
 
    Return disk usage statistics about the given path as a :term:`named tuple`
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 5c1255a..f0d0336 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -730,8 +730,20 @@
 rmtree.avoids_symlink_attacks = _use_fd_functions
 
 def _basename(path):
-    # A basename() variant which first strips the trailing slash, if present.
-    # Thus we always get the last component of the path, even for directories.
+    """A basename() variant which first strips the trailing slash, if present.
+    Thus we always get the last component of the path, even for directories.
+
+    path: Union[PathLike, str]
+
+    e.g.
+    >>> os.path.basename('/bar/foo')
+    'foo'
+    >>> os.path.basename('/bar/foo/')
+    ''
+    >>> _basename('/bar/foo/')
+    'foo'
+    """
+    path = os.fspath(path)
     sep = os.path.sep + (os.path.altsep or '')
     return os.path.basename(path.rstrip(sep))
 
@@ -769,7 +781,10 @@
             os.rename(src, dst)
             return
 
+        # Using _basename instead of os.path.basename is important, as we must
+        # ignore any trailing slash to avoid the basename returning ''
         real_dst = os.path.join(dst, _basename(src))
+
         if os.path.exists(real_dst):
             raise Error("Destination path '%s' already exists" % real_dst)
     try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index ab0f96d..428d4f3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -1835,6 +1835,16 @@
         # Move a file inside an existing dir on the same filesystem.
         self._check_move_file(self.src_file, self.dst_dir, self.dst_file)
 
+    def test_move_file_to_dir_pathlike_src(self):
+        # Move a pathlike file to another location on the same filesystem.
+        src = pathlib.Path(self.src_file)
+        self._check_move_file(src, self.dst_dir, self.dst_file)
+
+    def test_move_file_to_dir_pathlike_dst(self):
+        # Move a file to another pathlike location on the same filesystem.
+        dst = pathlib.Path(self.dst_dir)
+        self._check_move_file(self.src_file, dst, self.dst_file)
+
     @mock_rename
     def test_move_file_other_fs(self):
         # Move a file to an existing dir on another filesystem.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-02-13-17-58-30.bpo-32689.a-3SnH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-02-13-17-58-30.bpo-32689.a-3SnH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d435351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-02-13-17-58-30.bpo-32689.a-3SnH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update :func:`shutil.move` function to allow for Path objects to be used as
+source argument. Patch by Emily Morehouse and Maxwell "5.13b" McKinnon.