diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 08fba7ca..ea5b9ece 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3056,7 +3056,7 @@ constexpr auto operator"" _a(const char* s, size_t) -> detail::udl_arg<char> {
     using namespace fmt::literals;
     std::string message = "The answer is {}"_format(42);
  */
-constexpr auto operator"" _format(const char* s, size_t n)
+FMT_DEPRECATED constexpr auto operator"" _format(const char* s, size_t n)
     -> detail::udl_formatter<char> {
   return {{s, n}};
 }
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 0b551f99..952dbe20 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1761,6 +1761,21 @@ TEST(format_test, custom_format_compile_time_string) {
 
 using namespace fmt::literals;
 
+#  if FMT_GCC_VERSION
+#    define FMT_CHECK_DEPRECATED_UDL_FORMAT 1
+#  elif FMT_CLANG_VERSION && defined(__has_warning)
+#    if __has_warning("-Wdeprecated-declarations")
+#      define FMT_CHECK_DEPRECATED_UDL_FORMAT 1
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#  ifndef FMT_CHECK_DEPRECATED_UDL_FORMAT
+#    define FMT_CHECK_DEPRECATED_UDL_FORMAT 0
+#  endif
+
+#  if FMT_CHECK_DEPRECATED_UDL_FORMAT
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
 TEST(format_test, format_udl) {
   EXPECT_EQ("{}c{}"_format("ab", 1), fmt::format("{}c{}", "ab", 1));
   EXPECT_EQ("foo"_format(), "foo");
@@ -1768,6 +1783,9 @@ TEST(format_test, format_udl) {
   EXPECT_EQ("{}"_format(date(2015, 10, 21)), "2015-10-21");
 }
 
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#  endif
+
 TEST(format_test, named_arg_udl) {
   auto udl_a = fmt::format("{first}{second}{first}{third}", "first"_a = "abra",
                            "second"_a = "cad", "third"_a = 99);