diff --git a/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa.hpp b/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa.hpp
index 9537e9a3..f2867074 100644
--- a/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/unordered/detail/foa.hpp
@@ -1256,7 +1256,14 @@ public:
   template<typename... Args>
   BOOST_FORCEINLINE std::pair<iterator,bool> emplace(Args&&... args)
   {
-    return emplace_impl(init_type(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+    using emplace_type = typename std::conditional<
+      std::is_constructible<
+        init_type, Args...
+      >::value,
+      init_type,
+      value_type
+    >::type;
+    return emplace_impl(emplace_type(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
   }
 
   template<typename Key,typename... Args>
diff --git a/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_map.hpp b/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_map.hpp
index 77431650..2cb4135e 100644
--- a/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_map.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_map.hpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace boost {
       void insert(InputIterator first, InputIterator last)
       {
         for (auto pos = first; pos != last; ++pos) {
-          table_.insert(*pos);
+          table_.emplace(*pos);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp b/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp
index fae770ee..f0129485 100644
--- a/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace boost {
       void insert(InputIterator first, InputIterator last)
       {
         for (auto pos = first; pos != last; ++pos) {
-          table_.insert(*pos);
+          table_.emplace(*pos);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/unordered/insert_tests.cpp b/test/unordered/insert_tests.cpp
index b37b20ca..f59d5acd 100644
--- a/test/unordered/insert_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/unordered/insert_tests.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "../helpers/input_iterator.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/helpers.hpp"
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace insert_tests {
 
   test::seed_t initialize_seed(243432);
@@ -674,6 +676,23 @@ namespace insert_tests {
     }
   }
 
+  template <class X> void set_tests(X*, test::random_generator)
+  {
+    // prove that our insert(iterator, iterator) implementation honors
+    // Cpp17EmplaceConstructible
+    //
+
+    X x;
+    std::vector<int> v;
+    v.reserve(1000);
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
+      v.push_back(static_cast<int>(i));
+    }
+
+    x.insert(v.begin(), v.end());
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ(x.size(), 1000u);
+  }
+
   template <class X>
   void try_emplace_tests(X*, test::random_generator generator)
   {
@@ -909,6 +928,9 @@ namespace insert_tests {
 
   UNORDERED_TEST(map_insert_range_test2,
     ((test_map))((default_generator)(generate_collisions)(limited_range)))
+
+  UNORDERED_TEST(
+    set_tests, ((test_set_std_alloc)(test_set))((default_generator)))
 #else
   boost::unordered_set<test::movable, test::hash, test::equal_to,
     std::allocator<test::movable> >* test_set_std_alloc;
@@ -965,6 +987,9 @@ namespace insert_tests {
   UNORDERED_TEST(map_insert_range_test2,
     ((test_multimap_std_alloc)(test_map)(test_multimap))(
       (default_generator)(generate_collisions)(limited_range)))
+
+  UNORDERED_TEST(
+    set_tests, ((test_set_std_alloc)(test_set)(test_multiset))((default_generator)))
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_INITIALIZER_LIST)