diff --git a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
index f0a81a093b435b..f2d2f2498f9c3f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
       Added *delete_on_close* parameter.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: next
+      Added support for the :term:`path-like object` protocol.
+
 
 .. class:: SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=0, mode='w+b', buffering=-1, encoding=None, newline=None, suffix=None, prefix=None, dir=None, *, errors=None)
 
@@ -217,6 +220,9 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
       Added the *delete* parameter.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: next
+      Added support for the :term:`path-like object` protocol.
+
 
 .. function:: mkstemp(suffix=None, prefix=None, dir=None, text=False)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
index 5b03bd9e5a8caf..22b5010e99e061 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -1218,6 +1218,14 @@ sysconfig
   (Contributed by Xuehai Pan in :gh:`131799`.)
 
 
+tempfile
+--------
+
+* :func:`tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile` and :func:`~tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`
+  now return a :term:`path-like object`.
+  (Contributed by Barney Gale in :gh:`87646`.)
+
+
 threading
 ---------
 
diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index cadb0bed3cce3b..b1e6dfe786025b 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ def func_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             setattr(self, name, a)
         return a
 
+    def __fspath__(self):
+        """Return the filesystem path of the temporary file."""
+        return self.name
+
     # The underlying __enter__ method returns the wrong object
     # (self.file) so override it to return the wrapper
     def __enter__(self):
@@ -962,6 +966,10 @@ def _cleanup(cls, name, warn_message, ignore_errors=False, delete=True):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<{} {!r}>".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.name)
 
+    def __fspath__(self):
+        """Return the filesystem path of the temporary directory."""
+        return self.name
+
     def __enter__(self):
         return self.name
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index d46d3c0f040601..229d17fe6fb160 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -950,8 +950,12 @@ def do_create(self, dir=None, pre="", suf="", delete=True):
                                            delete=delete)
 
         self.nameCheck(file.name, dir, pre, suf)
+        self.nameCheck(os.fspath(file), dir, pre, suf)
         return file
 
+    def test_pathlike(self):
+        tmp = self.do_create()
+        self.assertIsInstance(tmp, os.PathLike)
 
     def test_basic(self):
         # NamedTemporaryFile can create files
@@ -1623,9 +1627,14 @@ def do_create(self, dir=None, pre="", suf="", recurse=1, dirs=1, files=1,
             dir=dir, prefix=pre, suffix=suf,
             ignore_cleanup_errors=ignore_cleanup_errors)
         self.nameCheck(tmp.name, dir, pre, suf)
+        self.nameCheck(os.fspath(tmp), dir, pre, suf)
         self.do_create2(tmp.name, recurse, dirs, files)
         return tmp
 
+    def test_pathlike(self):
+        tmp = self.do_create()
+        self.assertIsInstance(tmp, os.PathLike)
+
     def do_create2(self, path, recurse=1, dirs=1, files=1):
         # Create subdirectories and some files
         if recurse:
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index b7840d0f945a66..8a6d162de817fe 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -1377,12 +1377,17 @@ def __init__(self, file, mode="r", compression=ZIP_STORED, allowZip64=True,
                 "metadata_encoding is only supported for reading files")
 
         # Check if we were passed a file-like object
-        if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
-            file = os.fspath(file)
-        if isinstance(file, str):
+        if hasattr(file, 'read') or hasattr(file, 'write'):
+            self._filePassed = 1
+            self.fp = file
+            if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
+                self.filename = os.fspath(file)
+            else:
+                self.filename = getattr(file, 'name', None)
+        else:
             # No, it's a filename
             self._filePassed = 0
-            self.filename = file
+            self.filename = os.fspath(file)
             modeDict = {'r' : 'rb', 'w': 'w+b', 'x': 'x+b', 'a' : 'r+b',
                         'r+b': 'w+b', 'w+b': 'wb', 'x+b': 'xb'}
             filemode = modeDict[mode]
@@ -1395,10 +1400,6 @@ def __init__(self, file, mode="r", compression=ZIP_STORED, allowZip64=True,
                         continue
                     raise
                 break
-        else:
-            self._filePassed = 1
-            self.fp = file
-            self.filename = getattr(file, 'name', None)
         self._fileRefCnt = 1
         self._lock = threading.RLock()
         self._seekable = True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-30-21-07-20.gh-issue-87646.TQUZMn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-30-21-07-20.gh-issue-87646.TQUZMn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..18272be258e022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-30-21-07-20.gh-issue-87646.TQUZMn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Return a :term:`path-like object` from :func:`tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile`
+and :func:`~tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. (Contributed by Barney Gale in
+:gh:`87646`.)