1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/chown.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/chown.ts
index d6e3702c6..f24ab5e55 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/chown.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/chown.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "../dispatch_json.ts";
+import { pathFromURL } from "../../util.ts";
 
-export function chownSync(path: string, uid: number, gid: number): void {
+export function chownSync(path: string | URL, uid: number, gid: number): void {
+  path = pathFromURL(path);
   sendSync("op_chown", { path, uid, gid });
 }
 
 export async function chown(
-  path: string,
+  path: string | URL,
   uid: number,
   gid: number
 ): Promise<void> {
+  path = pathFromURL(path);
   await sendAsync("op_chown", { path, uid, gid });
 }