diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index a9a2c315..48019822 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Make `Path` and `PathBuf` more const-friendly:
   - Make `Path::as_ptr` and `PathBuf::from_buffer_unchecked` const.
   - Add const `Path::const_eq`, `PathBuf::from_path`, `PathBuf::as_path` and `PathBuf::as_str` methods.
+- Add `path_buf` macro to construct a `PathBuf` from a string literal.
 
 ## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/trussed-dev/littlefs2/releases/tag/core-0.1.0) - 2024-10-17
 
diff --git a/core/src/lib.rs b/core/src/lib.rs
index 4d0ca373..439e5f03 100644
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,3 +59,47 @@ macro_rules! path {
         _PATH
     }};
 }
+
+/// Creates an owned path from a string without a trailing null.
+///
+/// Panics and causes a compiler error if the string contains null bytes or non-ascii characters.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use littlefs2_core::{path_buf, PathBuf};
+///
+/// const HOME: PathBuf = path_buf!("/home");
+/// let root = path_buf!("/");
+/// ```
+///
+/// Illegal values:
+///
+/// ```compile_fail
+/// # use littlefs2_core::{path_buf, PathBuf};
+/// const WITH_NULL: PathBuf = path_buf!("/h\0me");  // does not compile
+/// ```
+///
+/// ```compile_fail
+/// # use littlefs2_core::{path_buf, PathBuf};
+/// const WITH_UTF8: PathBuf = path_buf!("/höme");  // does not compile
+/// ```
+///
+/// The macro enforces const evaluation so that compilation fails for illegal values even if the
+/// macro is not used in a const context:
+///
+/// ```compile_fail
+/// # use littlefs2_core::path_buf;
+/// let path = path_buf!("te\0st");  // does not compile
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! path_buf {
+    ($path:literal) => {{
+        const _PATH: $crate::PathBuf =
+            match $crate::Path::from_str_with_nul(::core::concat!($path, "\0")) {
+                Ok(path) => $crate::PathBuf::from_path(path),
+                Err(_) => panic!("invalid littlefs2 path"),
+            };
+        _PATH
+    }};
+}
diff --git a/core/src/path.rs b/core/src/path.rs
index 901172c2..afe1f409 100644
--- a/core/src/path.rs
+++ b/core/src/path.rs
@@ -473,11 +473,14 @@ impl PathBuf {
     /// This method is a const-friendly version of the `From<&Path>` implementation.  If you don’t
     /// need a const method, prefer `From<&Path>` as it is more idiomatic and more efficient.
     ///
+    /// The [`path_buf`][] can be used instead to construct a `PathBuf` from a literal.
+    ///
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```        
-    /// # use littlefs2_core::{path, PathBuf};
+    /// # use littlefs2_core::{path, path_buf, PathBuf};
     /// const PATH: PathBuf = PathBuf::from_path(path!("test"));
+    /// assert_eq!(PATH, path_buf!("test"));
     /// ```
     pub const fn from_path(path: &Path) -> Self {
         let bytes = path.inner.to_bytes();