diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index e0baae256347..bbf0570e46b6 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -1971,12 +1971,32 @@ template <typename T = char> class counting_buffer : public buffer<T> {
 template <typename T>
 struct is_back_insert_iterator<basic_appender<T>> : std::true_type {};
 
+template <typename T, typename It, typename = void>
+struct has_container_append : std::false_type {};
+template <typename T, typename It>
+struct has_container_append<T, It,
+                            void_t<decltype(std::declval<T>().append(
+                                std::declval<It>(), std::declval<It>()))>>
+    : std::true_type {};
+
 // An optimized version of std::copy with the output value type (T).
+template <typename T, typename It,
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(has_container_append<T, It>::value)>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 void copy_container_append(T& container, It begin, It end) {
+  container.append(begin, end);
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename It,
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!has_container_append<T, It>::value)>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR20 void copy_container_append(T& container, It begin, It end) {
+  container.insert(container.end(), begin, end);
+}
+
 template <typename T, typename InputIt, typename OutputIt,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value)>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out)
     -> OutputIt {
-  get_container(out).append(begin, end);
+  copy_container_append(get_container(out), begin, end);
   return out;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index e3a5dca2bc7c..043588e49050 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "fmt/compile.h"
 
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "fmt/chrono.h"
 #include "fmt/ranges.h"
@@ -229,10 +230,14 @@ TEST(compile_test, unknown_format_fallback) {
   EXPECT_EQ(" 42 ",
             fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{name:^4}"), fmt::arg("name", 42)));
 
-  std::vector<char> v;
-  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(v), FMT_COMPILE("{name:^4}"),
+  std::vector<char> v1;
+  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(v1), FMT_COMPILE("{}"), 42);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", fmt::string_view(v1.data(), v1.size()));
+
+  std::vector<char> v2;
+  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(v2), FMT_COMPILE("{name:^4}"),
                  fmt::arg("name", 42));
-  EXPECT_EQ(" 42 ", fmt::string_view(v.data(), v.size()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(" 42 ", fmt::string_view(v2.data(), v2.size()));
 
   char buffer[4];
   auto result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 4, FMT_COMPILE("{name:^5}"),