diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
index 41aa4faf28a..46b0c453902 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/make.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def main():
         argument_spec=dict(
             target=dict(required=False, default=None, type='str'),
             params=dict(required=False, default=None, type='dict'),
-            chdir=dict(required=True, default=None, type='str'),
+            chdir=dict(required=True, default=None, type='path'),
         ),
     )
     # Build up the invocation of `make` we are going to use