diff --git a/django_setup_configuration/runner.py b/django_setup_configuration/runner.py
index 9f6e7e1..4fca58c 100644
--- a/django_setup_configuration/runner.py
+++ b/django_setup_configuration/runner.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import partial
+from os import PathLike
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Generator
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class SetupConfigurationRunner:
     """
 
     configured_steps: list[BaseConfigurationStep]
-    yaml_source: str | None
+    yaml_source: PathLike | None
     object_source: dict | None
 
     _config_source_models_for_step: dict[BaseConfigurationStep, ConfigSourceModels]
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         steps: list[type[BaseConfigurationStep] | str] | None = None,
-        yaml_source: str | None = None,
+        yaml_source: PathLike | str | None = None,
         object_source: dict | None = None,
     ):
         if not (configured_steps := steps or settings.SETUP_CONFIGURATION_STEPS):
@@ -66,12 +67,14 @@ def __init__(
         except ImportError as exc:
             raise ConfigurationException(f"Unable to import step {exc.name}")
 
-        self.yaml_source = yaml_source
-        if self.yaml_source:
-            yaml_file = Path(yaml_source).resolve()
-            if not yaml_file.exists():
+        if yaml_source:
+            self.yaml_source = (
+                Path(yaml_source) if isinstance(yaml_source, str) else yaml_source
+            )
+            self.yaml_source = self.yaml_source.resolve()
+            if not self.yaml_source.exists():
                 raise ConfigurationException(
-                    f"YAML source is not an existing file path: {yaml_file}"
+                    f"YAML source is not an existing file path: {self.yaml_source}"
                 )
 
         self._config_source_models_for_step = {}
diff --git a/django_setup_configuration/test_utils.py b/django_setup_configuration/test_utils.py
index 761a6c5..d6410de 100644
--- a/django_setup_configuration/test_utils.py
+++ b/django_setup_configuration/test_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from os import PathLike
 from typing import Any
 
 from django_setup_configuration.configuration import BaseConfigurationStep
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def build_step_config_from_sources(
 def execute_single_step(
     step: type[BaseConfigurationStep] | str,
     *,
-    yaml_source: str | None = None,
+    yaml_source: PathLike | str | None = None,
     object_source: dict | None = None,
 ) -> StepExecutionResult:
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.py b/tests/test_runner.py
index 40eb93c..b1a221b 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
 from django_setup_configuration.exceptions import (
@@ -199,3 +201,28 @@ def test_settings_can_be_overriden_with_object(
             "username": "overriden username",
         },
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path_factory",
+    (
+        lambda path: str(path),
+        lambda path: Path(path),
+    ),
+)
+def test_yaml_source_can_be_string_or_path_like(
+    step_execute_mock, expected_step_config, path_factory, test_step_yaml_path
+):
+    result = execute_single_step(
+        TestStep, yaml_source=path_factory(test_step_yaml_path)
+    )
+
+    assert result == StepExecutionResult(
+        step=result.step,
+        is_enabled=True,
+        has_run=True,
+        run_exception=None,
+        config_model=expected_step_config,
+    )
+    assert type(result.step) is TestStep
+    step_execute_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_step_config)