diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index 8c0411bf..010812c7 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@ class context {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR auto arg_id(string_view name) const -> int {
     return args_.get_id(name);
   }
+  auto args() const -> const format_args& { return args_; }
 
   // Returns an iterator to the beginning of the output range.
   FMT_CONSTEXPR auto out() const -> iterator { return out_; }
diff --git a/test/base-test.cc b/test/base-test.cc
index 52089fea..f8af275d 100644
--- a/test/base-test.cc
+++ b/test/base-test.cc
@@ -875,3 +875,12 @@ TEST(base_test, no_repeated_format_string_conversions) {
   fmt::format_to(buf, nondeterministic_format_string());
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST(base_test, format_context_accessors) {
+  class copier {
+    static fmt::format_context copy(fmt::appender app,
+                                    const fmt::format_context& ctx) {
+      return fmt::format_context(std::move(app), ctx.args(), ctx.locale());
+    }
+  };
+}