diff --git a/fmt/format.h b/fmt/format.h
index 907911fe..6c32ecc1 100644
--- a/fmt/format.h
+++ b/fmt/format.h
@@ -3575,6 +3575,12 @@ const Char *do_format_arg(basic_buffer<Char> &buffer,
   return pointer_from(it);
 }
 
+// Specifies whether to format T using the standard formatter.
+// It is not possible to use gettype in formatter specialization directly
+// because of a bug in MSVC.
+template <typename T>
+struct format_type : std::integral_constant<bool, gettype<T>() != CUSTOM> {};
+
 // Specifies whether to format enums.
 template <typename T, typename Enable = void>
 struct format_enum : std::integral_constant<bool, std::is_enum<T>::value> {};
@@ -3582,8 +3588,7 @@ struct format_enum : std::integral_constant<bool, std::is_enum<T>::value> {};
 
 // Formatter of objects of type T.
 template <typename T, typename Char>
-struct formatter<T, Char,
-    typename std::enable_if<internal::gettype<T>() != internal::CUSTOM>::type> {
+struct formatter<T, Char, typename std::enable_if<internal::format_type<T>::value>::type> {
 
   // Parses format specifiers stopping either at the end of the range or at the
   // terminating '}'.
diff --git a/fmt/ostream.h b/fmt/ostream.h
index f52e03d5..e7e0b8e7 100644
--- a/fmt/ostream.h
+++ b/fmt/ostream.h
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ struct format_enum<T,
 // Formats an object of type T that has an overloaded ostream operator<<.
 template <typename T, typename Char>
 struct formatter<T, Char,
-    typename std::enable_if<
-      internal::gettype<T>() == internal::CUSTOM>::type>
+    typename std::enable_if<!internal::format_type<T>::value>::type>
     : formatter<basic_string_view<Char>, Char> {
 
   void format(basic_buffer<Char> &buf, const T &value,