diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index b40b3bfba237..91345abe82e2 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ struct is_back_insert_iterator<
 
 // Extracts a reference to the container from *insert_iterator.
 template <typename OutputIt>
-inline auto get_container(OutputIt it) -> typename OutputIt::container_type& {
+inline FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto get_container(OutputIt it) ->
+    typename OutputIt::container_type& {
   struct accessor : OutputIt {
     accessor(OutputIt base) : OutputIt(base) {}
     using OutputIt::container;
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ template <typename T> class buffer {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR auto data() const noexcept -> const T* { return ptr_; }
 
   /// Clears this buffer.
-  void clear() { size_ = 0; }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void clear() { size_ = 0; }
 
   // Tries resizing the buffer to contain `count` elements. If T is a POD type
   // the new elements may not be initialized.
@@ -924,7 +925,15 @@ template <typename T> class buffer {
   }
 
   /// Appends data to the end of the buffer.
-  template <typename U> void append(const U* begin, const U* end) {
+  template <typename U>
+// Workaround for Visual Studio 2019 to fix error C2893: Failed to specialize
+// function template 'void fmt::v11::detail::buffer<T>::append(const U *,const
+// U *)'
+#ifndef FMT_DETAIL_EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATIONS
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20
+#endif
+      void
+      append(const U* begin, const U* end) {
     while (begin != end) {
       auto count = to_unsigned(end - begin);
       try_reserve(size_ + count);
@@ -1105,7 +1114,9 @@ template <typename T = char> class counting_buffer : public buffer<T> {
  public:
   FMT_CONSTEXPR counting_buffer() : buffer<T>(grow, data_, 0, buffer_size) {}
 
-  auto count() -> size_t { return count_ + this->size(); }
+  constexpr auto count() const noexcept -> size_t {
+    return count_ + this->size();
+  }
 };
 }  // namespace detail
 
@@ -1155,7 +1166,8 @@ template <typename T> class basic_appender {
  private:
   detail::buffer<T>* buffer_;
 
-  friend auto get_container(basic_appender app) -> detail::buffer<T>& {
+  friend FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto get_container(basic_appender app)
+      -> detail::buffer<T>& {
     return *app.buffer_;
   }
 
@@ -1170,13 +1182,13 @@ template <typename T> class basic_appender {
 
   FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_appender(detail::buffer<T>& buf) : buffer_(&buf) {}
 
-  auto operator=(T c) -> basic_appender& {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto operator=(T c) -> basic_appender& {
     buffer_->push_back(c);
     return *this;
   }
-  auto operator*() -> basic_appender& { return *this; }
-  auto operator++() -> basic_appender& { return *this; }
-  auto operator++(int) -> basic_appender { return *this; }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto operator*() -> basic_appender& { return *this; }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto operator++() -> basic_appender& { return *this; }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto operator++(int) -> basic_appender { return *this; }
 };
 
 using appender = basic_appender<char>;
@@ -1188,7 +1200,8 @@ struct is_back_insert_iterator<basic_appender<T>> : std::true_type {};
 // An optimized version of std::copy with the output value type (T).
 template <typename T, typename InputIt, typename OutputIt,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value)>
-auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out) -> OutputIt {
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out)
+    -> OutputIt {
   get_container(out).append(begin, end);
   return out;
 }
diff --git a/include/fmt/compile.h b/include/fmt/compile.h
index 8a632f635ce8..49d077e0c891 100644
--- a/include/fmt/compile.h
+++ b/include/fmt/compile.h
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ auto format_to_n(OutputIt out, size_t n, const S& fmt, Args&&... args)
 
 template <typename S, typename... Args,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(detail::is_compiled_string<S>::value)>
-auto formatted_size(const S& fmt, const Args&... args) -> size_t {
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto formatted_size(const S& fmt, const Args&... args)
+    -> size_t {
   auto buf = detail::counting_buffer<>();
   fmt::format_to(appender(buf), fmt, args...);
   return buf.count();
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 33ed7034f948..76e3b880ad9b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ template <typename OutputIt,
 #if FMT_CLANG_VERSION >= 307 && !FMT_ICC_VERSION
 __attribute__((no_sanitize("undefined")))
 #endif
-inline auto
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 inline auto
 reserve(OutputIt it, size_t n) -> typename OutputIt::value_type* {
   auto& c = get_container(it);
   size_t size = c.size();
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ reserve(OutputIt it, size_t n) -> typename OutputIt::value_type* {
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-inline auto reserve(basic_appender<T> it, size_t n) -> basic_appender<T> {
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 inline auto reserve(basic_appender<T> it, size_t n)
+    -> basic_appender<T> {
   buffer<T>& buf = get_container(it);
   buf.try_reserve(buf.size() + n);
   return it;
@@ -551,7 +552,8 @@ template <typename T, typename OutputIt>
 constexpr auto to_pointer(OutputIt, size_t) -> T* {
   return nullptr;
 }
-template <typename T> auto to_pointer(basic_appender<T> it, size_t n) -> T* {
+template <typename T>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto to_pointer(basic_appender<T> it, size_t n) -> T* {
   buffer<T>& buf = get_container(it);
   auto size = buf.size();
   buf.try_reserve(size + n);
@@ -929,7 +931,7 @@ class basic_memory_buffer : public detail::buffer<T> {
 
   using detail::buffer<T>::append;
   template <typename ContiguousRange>
-  void append(const ContiguousRange& range) {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR20 void append(const ContiguousRange& range) {
     append(range.data(), range.data() + range.size());
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/format.cc b/src/format.cc
index 391d3a248c26..51d70cd8ad85 100644
--- a/src/format.cc
+++ b/src/format.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //
 // For the license information refer to format.h.
 
+#define FMT_DETAIL_EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATIONS 1
 #include "fmt/format-inl.h"
 
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index e44eee9f00bd..dcdd0af684a2 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ TEST(compile_test, format_to_n) {
   EXPECT_STREQ("2a", buffer);
 }
 
-#  if 0
+#  if FMT_USE_CONSTEVAL
 TEST(compile_test, constexpr_formatted_size) {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR20 size_t size = fmt::formatted_size(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), 42);
   EXPECT_EQ(size, 2);