diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/file.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/file.rs
index 10f4aa6a05..1764d29120 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/file.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/file.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{from_result, from_success_code};
+use crate::{cstr, from_result, from_success_code};
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 use cfg_if::cfg_if;
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
 use std::os::wasi::prelude::*;
 use std::{
     convert::TryInto,
-    ffi::{CString, OsStr, OsString},
+    ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
     io::Result,
+    path::Path,
 };
 
 pub use crate::sys::file::*;
@@ -157,13 +158,13 @@ impl FileType {
     }
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn openat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(
+pub unsafe fn openat<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     dirfd: RawFd,
     path: P,
     oflag: OFlags,
     mode: Mode,
 ) -> Result<RawFd> {
-    let path = CString::new(path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     from_result(libc::openat(
         dirfd,
         path.as_ptr(),
@@ -172,8 +173,8 @@ pub unsafe fn openat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(
     ))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn readlinkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P) -> Result<OsString> {
-    let path = CString::new(path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+pub unsafe fn readlinkat<P: AsRef<Path>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P) -> Result<OsString> {
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     let buffer = &mut [0u8; libc::PATH_MAX as usize + 1];
     let nread = from_result(libc::readlinkat(
         dirfd,
@@ -189,20 +190,20 @@ pub unsafe fn readlinkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P) -> Result<OsStr
     Ok(link.into())
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn mkdirat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P, mode: Mode) -> Result<()> {
-    let path = CString::new(path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+pub unsafe fn mkdirat<P: AsRef<Path>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P, mode: Mode) -> Result<()> {
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     from_success_code(libc::mkdirat(dirfd, path.as_ptr(), mode.bits()))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn linkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
+pub unsafe fn linkat<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
     old_dirfd: RawFd,
     old_path: P,
     new_dirfd: RawFd,
     new_path: Q,
     flags: AtFlags,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let old_path = CString::new(old_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
-    let new_path = CString::new(new_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+    let old_path = cstr(old_path)?;
+    let new_path = cstr(new_path)?;
     from_success_code(libc::linkat(
         old_dirfd,
         old_path.as_ptr(),
@@ -212,19 +213,19 @@ pub unsafe fn linkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
     ))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn unlinkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P, flags: AtFlags) -> Result<()> {
-    let path = CString::new(path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+pub unsafe fn unlinkat<P: AsRef<Path>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P, flags: AtFlags) -> Result<()> {
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     from_success_code(libc::unlinkat(dirfd, path.as_ptr(), flags.bits()))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn renameat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
+pub unsafe fn renameat<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
     old_dirfd: RawFd,
     old_path: P,
     new_dirfd: RawFd,
     new_path: Q,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let old_path = CString::new(old_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
-    let new_path = CString::new(new_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+    let old_path = cstr(old_path)?;
+    let new_path = cstr(new_path)?;
     from_success_code(libc::renameat(
         old_dirfd,
         old_path.as_ptr(),
@@ -233,13 +234,13 @@ pub unsafe fn renameat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
     ))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn symlinkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
+pub unsafe fn symlinkat<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
     old_path: P,
     new_dirfd: RawFd,
     new_path: Q,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let old_path = CString::new(old_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
-    let new_path = CString::new(new_path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+    let old_path = cstr(old_path)?;
+    let new_path = cstr(new_path)?;
     from_success_code(libc::symlinkat(
         old_path.as_ptr(),
         new_dirfd,
@@ -247,13 +248,9 @@ pub unsafe fn symlinkat<P: AsRef<OsStr>, Q: AsRef<OsStr>>(
     ))
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn fstatat<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(
-    dirfd: RawFd,
-    path: P,
-    flags: AtFlags,
-) -> Result<libc::stat> {
+pub unsafe fn fstatat<P: AsRef<Path>>(dirfd: RawFd, path: P, flags: AtFlags) -> Result<libc::stat> {
     use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
-    let path = CString::new(path.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     let mut filestat = MaybeUninit::<libc::stat>::uninit();
     from_result(libc::fstatat(
         dirfd,
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/lib.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/lib.rs
index 2b742c4e97..141ac0281a 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ pub mod fadvise {
     pub use super::sys::fadvise::*;
 }
 
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io::{Error, Result};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 fn from_success_code<T: IsZero>(t: T) -> Result<()> {
     if t.is_zero() {
@@ -71,3 +73,17 @@ macro_rules! impl_is_minus_one {
 }
 
 impl_is_minus_one! { i32 i64 isize }
+
+/// Convert an `AsRef<Path>` into a `CString`.
+fn cstr<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<CString> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "hermit")]
+    use std::os::hermit::ext::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    #[cfg(target_os = "vxworks")]
+    use std::os::vxworks::ext::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    #[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+    use std::os::wasi::ffi::OsStrExt;
+
+    Ok(CString::new(path.as_ref().as_os_str().as_bytes())?)
+}
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/bsd/filetime.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/bsd/filetime.rs
index 63a7f58830..d0c62fc486 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/bsd/filetime.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/bsd/filetime.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! This module consists of helper types and functions for dealing
 //! with setting the file times specific to BSD-style *nixes.
 use crate::filetime::FileTime;
-use crate::from_success_code;
+use crate::{cstr, from_success_code};
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Result;
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ pub fn utimensat(
     symlink_nofollow: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use crate::filetime::to_timespec;
-    use std::ffi::CString;
     use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
 
     // Attempt to use the `utimensat` syscall, but if it's not supported by the
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ pub fn utimensat(
             0
         };
 
-        let p = CString::new(path.as_bytes())?;
+        let path = cstr(path)?;
         let times = [to_timespec(&atime)?, to_timespec(&mtime)?];
         return from_success_code(unsafe {
-            func(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), p.as_ptr(), times.as_ptr(), flags)
+            func(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), path.as_ptr(), times.as_ptr(), flags)
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/emscripten/filetime.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/emscripten/filetime.rs
index 0d7336b591..771247896a 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/emscripten/filetime.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/emscripten/filetime.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! This module consists of helper types and functions for dealing
 //! with setting the file times specific to Emscripten.
 use crate::filetime::FileTime;
-use crate::from_success_code;
+use crate::{cstr, from_success_code};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Result;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pub fn utimensat(
     symlink_nofollow: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use crate::filetime::to_timespec;
-    use std::ffi::CString;
     use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
 
     let flags = if symlink_nofollow {
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@ pub fn utimensat(
     } else {
         0
     };
-    let p = CString::new(path.as_bytes())?;
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     let times = [to_timespec(&atime)?, to_timespec(&mtime)?];
     from_success_code(unsafe {
-        libc::utimensat(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), p.as_ptr(), times.as_ptr(), flags)
+        libc::utimensat(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), path.as_ptr(), times.as_ptr(), flags)
     })
 }
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/filetime.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/filetime.rs
index 243aa46eef..3c4cdfa9f6 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/filetime.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/filetime.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! This module consists of helper types and functions for dealing
 //! with setting the file times specific to Linux.
 use crate::filetime::FileTime;
-use crate::from_success_code;
+use crate::{cstr, from_success_code};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Result;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering::Relaxed};
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub fn utimensat(
     symlink_nofollow: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use crate::filetime::to_timespec;
-    use std::ffi::CString;
     use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
 
     let flags = if symlink_nofollow {
@@ -33,13 +32,13 @@ pub fn utimensat(
     // current kernel then fall back to an older syscall.
     static INVALID: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
     if !INVALID.load(Relaxed) {
-        let p = CString::new(path.as_bytes())?;
+        let path = cstr(path)?;
         let times = [to_timespec(&atime)?, to_timespec(&mtime)?];
         let res = from_success_code(unsafe {
             libc::syscall(
                 libc::SYS_utimensat,
                 dirfd.as_raw_fd(),
-                p.as_ptr(),
+                path.as_ptr(),
                 times.as_ptr(),
                 flags,
             )
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/utimesat.rs b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/utimesat.rs
index 396c19b359..3ed9b5c68c 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/utimesat.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/yanix/src/sys/linux/utimesat.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::filetime::FileTime;
 use crate::filetime::FileTimeExt;
-use crate::from_success_code;
+use crate::{cstr, from_success_code};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::Result;
 
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@ pub fn utimesat(
     mtime: FileTime,
     symlink_nofollow: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    use std::ffi::CString;
     use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
     // emulate *at syscall by reading the path from a combination of
     // (fd, path)
-    let p = CString::new(path.as_bytes())?;
+    let path = cstr(path)?;
     let mut flags = libc::O_RDWR;
     if symlink_nofollow {
         flags |= libc::O_NOFOLLOW;
     }
-    let fd = unsafe { libc::openat(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), p.as_ptr(), flags) };
+    let fd = unsafe { libc::openat(dirfd.as_raw_fd(), path.as_ptr(), flags) };
     let f = unsafe { fs::File::from_raw_fd(fd) };
     let (atime, mtime) = get_times(atime, mtime, || f.metadata().map_err(Into::into))?;
     let times = [to_timeval(atime)?, to_timeval(mtime)?];