diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
index fda44923f204fc..f3458cb5b8b7f1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ cache the compiled regex patterns in the following functions: :func:`fnmatch`,
    It is the same as ``[n for n in names if fnmatch(n, pat)]``,
    but implemented more efficiently.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+      Added support for :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>` for
+      the *names* parameter.
+
 
 .. function:: translate(pat)
 
diff --git a/Lib/fnmatch.py b/Lib/fnmatch.py
index 73acb1fe8d4106..6b798b906e1c95 100644
--- a/Lib/fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/fnmatch.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 corresponding to PATTERN.  (It does not compile it.)
 """
 import os
-import posixpath
 import re
 import functools
 
@@ -47,19 +46,10 @@ def _compile_pattern(pat):
 
 def filter(names, pat):
     """Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT."""
-    result = []
-    pat = os.path.normcase(pat)
+    normcase = os.path.normcase
+    pat = normcase(pat)
     match = _compile_pattern(pat)
-    if os.path is posixpath:
-        # normcase on posix is NOP. Optimize it away from the loop.
-        for name in names:
-            if match(name):
-                result.append(name)
-    else:
-        for name in names:
-            if match(os.path.normcase(name)):
-                result.append(name)
-    return result
+    return [name for name in names if match(normcase(name))]
 
 def fnmatchcase(name, pat):
     """Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case.
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
index 891405943b78c5..726d2ad1ef461b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/os_helper.py
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ def __init__(self, path):
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'<FakePath {self.path!r}>'
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return isinstance(other, type(self)) and self.path == other.path
+
     def __fspath__(self):
         if (isinstance(self.path, BaseException) or
             isinstance(self.path, type) and
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
index 10ed496d4e2f37..7ede2d6b622cc1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import os
 import string
 import warnings
+from pathlib import Path
+from test.support.os_helper import FakePath
 
 from fnmatch import fnmatch, fnmatchcase, translate, filter
 
@@ -253,14 +255,26 @@ def test_translate(self):
 class FilterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_filter(self):
-        self.assertEqual(filter(['Python', 'Ruby', 'Perl', 'Tcl'], 'P*'),
-                         ['Python', 'Perl'])
-        self.assertEqual(filter([b'Python', b'Ruby', b'Perl', b'Tcl'], b'P*'),
-                         [b'Python', b'Perl'])
+        for cls in (str, Path, FakePath):
+            names = list(map(cls, ['Python', 'Ruby', 'Perl', 'Tcl']))
+            filtered = list(map(cls, ['Python', 'Perl']))
+            with self.subTest('string pattern', cls=cls, names=names):
+                self.assertListEqual(filter(names, 'P*'), filtered)
+        # We want to test the case when os.path.normcase() returns bytes but
+        # we cannot use pathlib.Path since they only accept string objects.
+        for cls in (bytes, FakePath):
+            names = list(map(cls, [b'Python', b'Ruby', b'Perl', b'Tcl']))
+            filtered = list(map(cls, [b'Python', b'Perl']))
+            with self.subTest('bytes pattern', cls=cls, names=names):
+                self.assertListEqual(filter(names, b'P*'), filtered)
 
     def test_mix_bytes_str(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, filter, ['test'], b'*')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, filter, [b'test'], '*')
+        # We want to test the case when os.path.normcase() returns bytes but
+        # we cannot use pathlib.Path since they only accept string objects.
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, filter, [FakePath('test')], b'*')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, filter, [FakePath(b'test')], '*')
 
     def test_case(self):
         ignorecase = os.path.normcase('P') == os.path.normcase('p')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-19-09-36-50.gh-issue-123135.w_ZNAs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-19-09-36-50.gh-issue-123135.w_ZNAs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1bf53c1bc4e9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-19-09-36-50.gh-issue-123135.w_ZNAs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added support for supplying :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>`
+to the *names* parameter of :func:`fnmatch.filter`. Previously, such
+objects were only accepted on non-POSIX platforms. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.