@@ -1362,8 +1362,10 @@ def _clone(
         odbt = kwargs.pop("odbt", odb_default_type)
 
         # When pathlib.Path or other class-based path is passed
+        if not isinstance(url, str):
+            url = url.__fspath__()
         if not isinstance(path, str):
-            path = str(path)
+            path = path.__fspath__()
 
         ## A bug win cygwin's Git, when `--bare` or `--separate-git-dir`
         #  it prepends the cwd or(?) the `url` into the `path, so::
@@ -1380,7 +1382,7 @@ def _clone(
             multi = shlex.split(" ".join(multi_options))
 
         if not allow_unsafe_protocols:
-            Git.check_unsafe_protocols(str(url))
+            Git.check_unsafe_protocols(url)
         if not allow_unsafe_options:
             Git.check_unsafe_options(options=list(kwargs.keys()), unsafe_options=cls.unsafe_git_clone_options)
         if not allow_unsafe_options and multi_options:
 
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 import os
 import os.path as osp
 import pathlib
@@ -45,7 +46,20 @@ def test_checkout_in_non_empty_dir(self, rw_dir):
     def test_clone_from_pathlib(self, rw_dir):
         original_repo = Repo.init(osp.join(rw_dir, "repo"))
 
-        Repo.clone_from(original_repo.git_dir, pathlib.Path(rw_dir) / "clone_pathlib")
+        Repo.clone_from(pathlib.Path(original_repo.git_dir), pathlib.Path(rw_dir) / "clone_pathlib")
+
+    @with_rw_directory
+    def test_clone_from_pathlike(self, rw_dir):
+        original_repo = Repo.init(osp.join(rw_dir, "repo"))
+
+        @dataclass
+        class PathLikeMock:
+            path: str
+
+            def __fspath__(self) -> str:
+                return self.path
+
+        Repo.clone_from(PathLikeMock(original_repo.git_dir), PathLikeMock(os.path.join(rw_dir, "clone_pathlike")))
 
     @with_rw_directory
     def test_clone_from_pathlib_withConfig(self, rw_dir):