diff --git a/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs b/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
index 8f6384a1a7..792c539486 100644
--- a/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
+++ b/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 // file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 
 use crate::tools::dump_metadata;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ impl StratisDumpMetadata {
             .next_line_help(true)
             .arg(
                 Arg::new("dev")
+                    .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(PathBuf))
                     .required(true)
                     .help("Print metadata of given device"),
             )
@@ -49,8 +52,7 @@ impl<'a> ToolCommand<'a> for StratisDumpMetadata {
     fn run(&self, command_line_args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), String> {
         let matches = StratisDumpMetadata::cmd().get_matches_from(command_line_args);
         let devpath = matches
-            .get_one::<String>("dev")
-            .map(|s| s.as_str())
+            .get_one::<PathBuf>("dev")
             .expect("'dev' is a mandatory argument");
 
         dump_metadata::run(
diff --git a/src/bin/tools/dump_metadata.rs b/src/bin/tools/dump_metadata.rs
index 7fc2dfe70f..1a8c8f58d8 100644
--- a/src/bin/tools/dump_metadata.rs
+++ b/src/bin/tools/dump_metadata.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use std::{
     fs::OpenOptions,
     io::{Seek, SeekFrom},
+    path::PathBuf,
 };
 
 use pretty_hex::pretty_hex;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ fn print_pool_metadata(pool_metadata: &Option<Vec<u8>>, only_pool: bool) -> Resu
 // Otherwise display the StaticHeader fields of both sigblocks.
 // If print_bytes flag is set to True, display the bytes buffer
 // of the sigblock alongside the StaticHeader.
-pub fn run(devpath: &str, print_bytes: bool, pool_only: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
+pub fn run(devpath: &PathBuf, print_bytes: bool, pool_only: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
     let mut devfile = OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
         .open(devpath)