diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 873e98bd..c033c1f1 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1235,6 +1235,9 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR void handle_int_type_spec(char spec, Handler&& handler) {
   case 'L':
     handler.on_num();
     break;
+  case 'c':
+    handler.on_chr();
+    break;
   default:
     handler.on_error();
   }
@@ -1326,6 +1329,7 @@ template <typename ErrorHandler> class int_type_checker : private ErrorHandler {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_bin() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_oct() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_num() {}
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_chr() {}
 
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_error() {
     ErrorHandler::on_error("invalid type specifier");
@@ -1561,6 +1565,8 @@ template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename UInt> struct int_writer {
                     num_writer{abs_value, size, groups, sep});
   }
 
+  void on_chr() { *out++ = static_cast<Char>(abs_value); }
+
   FMT_NORETURN void on_error() {
     FMT_THROW(format_error("invalid type specifier"));
   }
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index dc49f3a8..dfdf2e45 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1082,7 +1082,8 @@ TEST(FormatterTest, FormatShort) {
 TEST(FormatterTest, FormatInt) {
   EXPECT_THROW_MSG(format("{0:v", 42), format_error,
                    "missing '}' in format string");
-  check_unknown_types(42, "bBdoxXnL", "integer");
+  check_unknown_types(42, "bBdoxXnLc", "integer");
+  EXPECT_EQ("x", format("{:c}", static_cast<int>('x')));
 }
 
 TEST(FormatterTest, FormatBin) {