diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 0e2a8da1..d0908038 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1760,6 +1760,13 @@ OutputIt write(OutputIt out, basic_string_view<Char> value) {
   return base_iterator(out, it);
 }
 
+template <typename Char>
+buffer_appender<Char> write(buffer_appender<Char> out,
+                            basic_string_view<Char> value) {
+  get_container(out).append(value.begin(), value.end());
+  return out;
+}
+
 template <typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename T,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_integral<T>::value &&
                         !std::is_same<T, bool>::value &&
diff --git a/test/os-test.cc b/test/os-test.cc
index faf0a0d8..2d11c4c9 100644
--- a/test/os-test.cc
+++ b/test/os-test.cc
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ TEST(UtilTest, FormatWindowsError) {
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("test: {}", utf8_message.str()),
             fmt::to_string(actual_message));
   actual_message.resize(0);
-  auto max_size = fmt::detail::max_value<size_t>();
+  auto max_size = fmt::detail::max_value<long long>();
   fmt::detail::format_windows_error(actual_message, ERROR_FILE_EXISTS,
-                                    fmt::string_view(0, max_size));
+                                    fmt::string_view(nullptr, max_size));
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("error {}", ERROR_FILE_EXISTS),
             fmt::to_string(actual_message));
 }