diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index bbc6fb42..0a251ce0 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3619,7 +3619,8 @@ FMT_END_NAMESPACE
       }                                                                   \
     } result;                                                             \
     /* Suppress Qt Creator warning about unused operator. */              \
-    (void)static_cast<fmt::basic_string_view<str::char_type>>(result);    \
+    (void)static_cast<fmt::basic_string_view<typename str::char_type>>(   \
+        result);                                                          \
     return result;                                                        \
   }()
 
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 2e0ff199..1b5a2f71 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -2475,6 +2475,15 @@ TEST(FormatTest, VFormatTo) {
   EXPECT_EQ(L"42", w);
 }
 
+template <typename T> static std::string FmtToString(const T& t) {
+  return fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{}"), t);
+}
+
+TEST(FormatTest, FmtStringInTemplate) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(FmtToString(1), "1");
+  EXPECT_EQ(FmtToString(0), "0");
+}
+
 #endif  // FMT_USE_CONSTEXPR
 
 TEST(FormatTest, ConstructU8StringViewFromCString) {