diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 90fcef56..94d97859 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR FMT_INLINE auto make_arg(const T& val) -> value<Context> {
       !std::is_same<decltype(arg), const unformattable&>::value,
       "Cannot format an argument. To make type T formattable provide a "
       "formatter<T> specialization: https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#udt");
-  return arg;
+  return {arg};
 }
 
 template <bool IS_PACKED, typename Context, type, typename T,
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 13e2ffc1..28505304 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1436,6 +1436,27 @@ TEST(format_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_std_string_view) {
 }
 #endif
 
+struct converible_to_anything {
+  template <typename T> operator T() const { return T(); }
+};
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+template <> struct formatter<converible_to_anything> {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
+    return ctx.begin();
+  }
+
+  auto format(converible_to_anything, format_context& ctx)
+      -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
+    return format_to(ctx.out(), "foo");
+  }
+};
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+TEST(format_test, format_convertible_to_anything) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format("{}", converible_to_anything()));
+}
+
 class Answer {};
 
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE