diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index 23fb3124..81d8fc03 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -2032,6 +2032,17 @@ struct has_back_insert_iterator_container_append<
                         .append(std::declval<InputIt>(),
                                 std::declval<InputIt>()))>> : std::true_type {};
 
+template <typename OutputIt, typename InputIt, typename = void>
+struct has_back_insert_iterator_container_insert_at_end : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename OutputIt, typename InputIt>
+struct has_back_insert_iterator_container_insert_at_end<
+    OutputIt, InputIt,
+    void_t<decltype(get_container(std::declval<OutputIt>())
+                        .insert(get_container(std::declval<OutputIt>()).end(),
+                                std::declval<InputIt>(),
+                                std::declval<InputIt>()))>> : 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&&
@@ -2046,6 +2057,8 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out)
 template <typename T, typename InputIt, typename OutputIt,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value &&
                         !has_back_insert_iterator_container_append<
+                            OutputIt, InputIt>::value &&
+                        has_back_insert_iterator_container_insert_at_end<
                             OutputIt, InputIt>::value)>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out)
     -> OutputIt {
@@ -2055,7 +2068,11 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out)
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename InputIt, typename OutputIt,
-          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value)>
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!(is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value &&
+                          (has_back_insert_iterator_container_append<
+                               OutputIt, InputIt>::value ||
+                           has_back_insert_iterator_container_insert_at_end<
+                               OutputIt, InputIt>::value)))>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR auto copy(InputIt begin, InputIt end, OutputIt out) -> OutputIt {
   while (begin != end) *out++ = static_cast<T>(*begin++);
   return out;
diff --git a/test/base-test.cc b/test/base-test.cc
index f2e46779..1de6a8eb 100644
--- a/test/base-test.cc
+++ b/test/base-test.cc
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ TEST(base_test, is_back_insert_iterator) {
                std::front_insert_iterator<std::string>>::value);
 }
 
+struct minimal_container {
+  using value_type = char;
+  void push_back(char) {}
+};
+
+TEST(base_test, copy) {
+  minimal_container c;
+  static constexpr char str[] = "a";
+  fmt::detail::copy<char>(str, str + 1, std::back_inserter(c));
+}
+
 TEST(base_test, get_buffer) {
   mock_buffer<char> buffer;
   void* buffer_ptr = &buffer;