diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 3518322..5af900c 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public static LoggerConfiguration File(
             TimeSpan? retainedFileTimeLimit = null)
         {
             if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
-            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(path));
             if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));
 
             var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public static LoggerConfiguration File(
         {
             if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
             if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
-            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(path));
 
             return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch,
                 buffered, false, shared, flushToDiskInterval, encoding, rollingInterval, rollOnFileSizeLimit,
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public static LoggerConfiguration File(
             FileLifecycleHooks? hooks = null)
         {
             if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
-            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(path));
             if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));
 
             var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public static LoggerConfiguration File(
         {
             if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
             if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
-            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(path));
 
             return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, null, levelSwitch, false, true,
                 false, null, encoding, RollingInterval.Infinite, false, null, hooks, null);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static LoggerConfiguration ConfigureFile(
         {
             if (addSink == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(addSink));
             if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
-            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(path));
             if (fileSizeLimitBytes.HasValue && fileSizeLimitBytes < 1) throw new ArgumentException("Invalid value provided; file size limit must be at least 1 byte, or null.", nameof(fileSizeLimitBytes));
             if (retainedFileCountLimit.HasValue && retainedFileCountLimit < 1) throw new ArgumentException("At least one file must be retained.", nameof(retainedFileCountLimit));
             if (retainedFileTimeLimit.HasValue && retainedFileTimeLimit < TimeSpan.Zero) throw new ArgumentException("Negative value provided; retained file time limit must be non-negative.", nameof(retainedFileTimeLimit));