diff --git a/lib/linguist.rb b/lib/linguist.rb
index f26ea441..3c25f325 100644
--- a/lib/linguist.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist.rb
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ module Linguist
 end
 
 require 'linguist/language'
+require 'linguist/pathname'
diff --git a/lib/linguist/pathname.rb b/lib/linguist/pathname.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af252c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/linguist/pathname.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Linguist
+  class Pathname
+    def initialize(path)
+      @path = path
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      @path.dup
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_pathname.rb b/test/test_pathname.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3f68277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_pathname.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'linguist/pathname'
+
+require 'test/unit'
+
+class TestPathname < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include Linguist
+
+  def test_to_s
+    assert_equal "file.rb", Pathname.new("file.rb").to_s
+  end
+end