diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 6548f716..3a9cf9b3 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 #  define FMT_USE_LONG_DOUBLE 1
 #endif
 
+// Defining FMT_REDUCE_INT_INSTANTIATIONS to 1, will reduce the number of
+// int_writer template instances to just one by only using the largest integer
+// type. This results in a reduction in binary size but will cause a decrease in
+// integer formatting performance.
+#if !defined(FMT_REDUCE_INT_INSTANTIATIONS)
+#  define FMT_REDUCE_INT_INSTANTIATIONS 0
+#endif
+
 // __builtin_clz is broken in clang with Microsoft CodeGen:
 // https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/519
 #if (FMT_GCC_VERSION || FMT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_clz)) && !FMT_MSC_VER
@@ -738,12 +746,19 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR bool is_supported_floating_point(T) {
          (std::is_same<T, long double>::value && FMT_USE_LONG_DOUBLE);
 }
 
+#if FMT_REDUCE_INT_INSTANTIATIONS
+// Pick the largest integer container to represent all values of T.
+template <typename T>
+using uint32_or_64_or_128_t =
+    conditional_t<sizeof(uint128_t) < sizeof(uint64_t), uint64_t, uint128_t>;
+#else
 // Smallest of uint32_t, uint64_t, uint128_t that is large enough to
 // represent all values of T.
 template <typename T>
 using uint32_or_64_or_128_t = conditional_t<
     std::numeric_limits<T>::digits <= 32, uint32_t,
     conditional_t<std::numeric_limits<T>::digits <= 64, uint64_t, uint128_t>>;
+#endif
 
 // Static data is placed in this class template for the header-only config.
 template <typename T = void> struct FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_API basic_data {