diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 3ddb3b4a..f519b5d9 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@
     void operator=(const Type &) FMT_DELETED
 
 #if (FMT_HAS_INCLUDE(<string_view>) && __cplusplus > 201402L) || \
-    (defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG > 201402L && _MSC_VER >= 1910)
+    (defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG > 201402L && _MSC_VER >= 1910) || \
+    _LIBCPP_VERSION // libc++ supports string_view in pre-c++17
 # include <string_view>
 # define FMT_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW
 // std::experimental::basic_string_view::remove_prefix isn't constexpr until
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 0ea41c83..8c35dc43 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ TEST(FormatterTest, FormatStringView) {
 }
 
 #ifdef FMT_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW
-TEST(FormatterTest, FormatStringView) {
+TEST(FormatterTest, FormatStdStringView) {
   EXPECT_EQ("test", format("{0}", std::string_view("test")));
 }
 #endif