diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 346b1ac0..8d5cb74d 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#if FMT_HAS_GXX_CXX11 || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1600
+#if FMT_HAS_GXX_CXX11 || FMT_HAS_FEATURE(cxx_trailing_return) || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1600
 # define FMT_USE_TRAILING_RETURN 1
 #endif