diff -r 14ff7b1383a7 Doc/library/pathlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst	Thu Dec 05 07:53:38 2013 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst	Thu Dec 05 10:22:26 2013 +0200
@@ -883,3 +883,13 @@
 
    Remove this file or symbolic link.  If the path points to a directory,
    use :func:`Path.rmdir` instead.
+
+.. method:: Path.expanduser()
+
+   Return a new :class:`Path` with expanded ``~`` and ``~user`` constructs,
+   as returned by :meth:`os.path.expanduser`.
+
+   >>> p = PosixPath('~root')
+   >>> p.expanduser()
+   PosixPath('/root')
+
diff -r 14ff7b1383a7 Lib/pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py	Thu Dec 05 07:53:38 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py	Thu Dec 05 10:22:26 2013 +0200
@@ -950,6 +950,12 @@
         """
         return cls(os.getcwd())
 
+    def expanduser(self):
+        """ Return a new path with expanded ~ and ~user constructs
+        (as returned by os.path.expanduser)
+        """
+        return self.__class__(os.path.expanduser(str(self)))
+
     def iterdir(self):
         """Iterate over the files in this directory.  Does not yield any
         result for the special paths '.' and '..'.
diff -r 14ff7b1383a7 Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Thu Dec 05 07:53:38 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Thu Dec 05 10:22:26 2013 +0200
@@ -1135,6 +1135,11 @@
         p = self.cls('')
         self.assertEqual(p.stat(), os.stat('.'))
 
+    def test_expanduser(self):
+        p = self.cls('~')
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.expanduser(str(p)), 
+                         str(p.expanduser()))
+
     def test_exists(self):
         P = self.cls
         p = P(BASE)