diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bb9382b..c4860d2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ fn len_as_c_int(len: usize) -> Result<c_int> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn path_to_cstring(p: &Path) -> Result<CString> {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    Ok(CString::new(p.as_os_str().as_bytes())?)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
 fn path_to_cstring(p: &Path) -> Result<CString> {
     let s = p.to_str().ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidPath(p.to_owned()))?;
     str_to_cstring(s)
@@ -1019,6 +1026,35 @@ mod test {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_invalid_unicode_file_names() {
+        use std::ffi::OsStr;
+        use std::fs::File;
+        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+
+        let path = temp_dir.path();
+        if File::create(path.join(OsStr::from_bytes(&[0xFE]))).is_err() {
+            // Skip test, filesystem doesn't support invalid Unicode
+            return;
+        }
+        let db_path = path.join(OsStr::from_bytes(&[0xFF]));
+        {
+            let db = Connection::open(&db_path).unwrap();
+            let sql = "BEGIN;
+                   CREATE TABLE foo(x INTEGER);
+                   INSERT INTO foo VALUES(42);
+                   END;";
+            db.execute_batch(sql).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        let db = Connection::open(&db_path).unwrap();
+        let the_answer: Result<i64> = db.query_row("SELECT x FROM foo", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+
+        assert_eq!(42i64, the_answer.unwrap());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_close_retry() {
         let db = checked_memory_handle();