diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 11a887f4..88798142 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class basic_format_arg {
 
   template <typename Visitor, typename Ctx>
   friend FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
-    visit(Visitor &&vis, const basic_format_arg<Ctx> &arg);
+    visit_format_arg(Visitor &&vis, const basic_format_arg<Ctx> &arg);
 
   friend class basic_format_args<Context>;
   friend class internal::arg_map<Context>;
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ struct monostate {};
  */
 template <typename Visitor, typename Context>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
-    visit(Visitor &&vis, const basic_format_arg<Context> &arg) {
+    visit_format_arg(Visitor &&vis, const basic_format_arg<Context> &arg) {
   typedef typename Context::char_type char_type;
   switch (arg.type_) {
   case internal::none_type:
@@ -831,6 +831,12 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
   return vis(monostate());
 }
 
+template <typename Visitor, typename Context>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
+    visit(Visitor &&vis, const basic_format_arg<Context> &arg) {
+  return visit_format_arg(std::forward<Visitor>(vis), arg);
+}
+
 // Parsing context consisting of a format string range being parsed and an
 // argument counter for automatic indexing.
 template <typename Char, typename ErrorHandler = internal::error_handler>
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 0b774d33..7c3d5719 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1818,7 +1818,8 @@ template <template <typename> class Handler, typename T,
           typename Context, typename ErrorHandler>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR void set_dynamic_spec(
     T &value, basic_format_arg<Context> arg, ErrorHandler eh) {
-  unsigned long long big_value = fmt::visit(Handler<ErrorHandler>(eh), arg);
+  unsigned long long big_value =
+      visit_format_arg(Handler<ErrorHandler>(eh), arg);
   if (big_value > (std::numeric_limits<int>::max)())
     eh.on_error("number is too big");
   value = static_cast<T>(big_value);
@@ -3224,7 +3225,7 @@ struct formatter<
       specs_.precision_, specs_.precision_ref, ctx);
     typedef output_range<typename FormatContext::iterator,
                          typename FormatContext::char_type> range_type;
-    return fmt::visit(arg_formatter<range_type>(ctx, &specs_),
+    return visit_format_arg(arg_formatter<range_type>(ctx, &specs_),
                       internal::make_arg<FormatContext>(val));
   }
 
@@ -3285,7 +3286,7 @@ class dynamic_formatter {
       checker.end_precision();
     typedef output_range<typename FormatContext::iterator,
                          typename FormatContext::char_type> range;
-    fmt::visit(arg_formatter<range>(ctx, &specs_),
+    visit_format_arg(arg_formatter<range>(ctx, &specs_),
                internal::make_arg<FormatContext>(val));
     return ctx.out();
   }
@@ -3341,14 +3342,16 @@ struct format_handler : internal::error_handler {
 
   void on_replacement_field(const Char *p) {
     context.parse_context().advance_to(p);
-    if (!fmt::visit(internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
-      context.advance_to(fmt::visit(ArgFormatter(context), arg));
+    internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context> f(context);
+    if (!visit_format_arg(f, arg))
+      context.advance_to(visit_format_arg(ArgFormatter(context), arg));
   }
 
   iterator on_format_specs(iterator it) {
     auto &parse_ctx = context.parse_context();
     parse_ctx.advance_to(pointer_from(it));
-    if (fmt::visit(internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
+    internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context> f(context);
+    if (visit_format_arg(f, arg))
       return iterator(parse_ctx);
     basic_format_specs<Char> specs;
     using internal::specs_handler;
@@ -3358,7 +3361,7 @@ struct format_handler : internal::error_handler {
     if (*it != '}')
       on_error("missing '}' in format string");
     parse_ctx.advance_to(pointer_from(it));
-    context.advance_to(fmt::visit(ArgFormatter(context, &specs), arg));
+    context.advance_to(visit_format_arg(ArgFormatter(context, &specs), arg));
     return it;
   }
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/printf.h b/include/fmt/printf.h
index 190784df..27910f3b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/printf.h
+++ b/include/fmt/printf.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class arg_converter: public function<void> {
 // unsigned).
 template <typename T, typename Context, typename Char>
 void convert_arg(basic_format_arg<Context> &arg, Char type) {
-  fmt::visit(arg_converter<T, Context>(arg, type), arg);
+  visit_format_arg(arg_converter<T, Context>(arg, type), arg);
 }
 
 // Converts an integer argument to char for printf.
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ unsigned basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char, AF>::parse_header(
     spec.width_ = parse_nonnegative_int(it, eh);
   } else if (*it == '*') {
     ++it;
-    spec.width_ =
-        fmt::visit(internal::printf_width_handler<char_type>(spec), get_arg(it));
+    spec.width_ = visit_format_arg(
+          internal::printf_width_handler<char_type>(spec), get_arg(it));
   }
   return arg_index;
 }
@@ -490,14 +490,14 @@ void basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char, AF>::format() {
       } else if (*it == '*') {
         ++it;
         spec.precision_ =
-            fmt::visit(internal::printf_precision_handler(), get_arg(it));
+            visit_format_arg(internal::printf_precision_handler(), get_arg(it));
       } else {
         spec.precision_ = 0;
       }
     }
 
     format_arg arg = get_arg(it, arg_index);
-    if (spec.flag(HASH_FLAG) && fmt::visit(internal::is_zero_int(), arg))
+    if (spec.flag(HASH_FLAG) && visit_format_arg(internal::is_zero_int(), arg))
       spec.flags_ &= ~internal::to_unsigned<int>(HASH_FLAG);
     if (spec.fill_ == '0') {
       if (arg.is_arithmetic())
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ void basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char, AF>::format() {
         break;
       case 'c':
         // TODO: handle wchar_t better?
-        fmt::visit(internal::char_converter<basic_printf_context>(arg), arg);
+        visit_format_arg(
+              internal::char_converter<basic_printf_context>(arg), arg);
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ void basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char, AF>::format() {
     start = it;
 
     // Format argument.
-    fmt::visit(AF(buffer, spec, *this), arg);
+    visit_format_arg(AF(buffer, spec, *this), arg);
   }
   buffer.append(pointer_from(start), pointer_from(it));
 }