diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 3cf123ee..52b16779 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -265,6 +265,38 @@ FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace detail {
+
+template <typename Streambuf> class formatbuf : public Streambuf {
+ private:
+  using char_type = typename Streambuf::char_type;
+  using streamsize = decltype(std::declval<Streambuf>().sputn(nullptr, 0));
+  using int_type = typename Streambuf::int_type;
+  using traits_type = typename Streambuf::traits_type;
+
+  buffer<char_type>& buffer_;
+
+ public:
+  explicit formatbuf(buffer<char_type>& buf) : buffer_(buf) {}
+
+ protected:
+  // The put area is always empty. This makes the implementation simpler and has
+  // the advantage that the streambuf and the buffer are always in sync and
+  // sputc never writes into uninitialized memory. A disadvantage is that each
+  // call to sputc always results in a (virtual) call to overflow. There is no
+  // disadvantage here for sputn since this always results in a call to xsputn.
+
+  auto overflow(int_type ch) -> int_type override {
+    if (!traits_type::eq_int_type(ch, traits_type::eof()))
+      buffer_.push_back(static_cast<char_type>(ch));
+    return ch;
+  }
+
+  auto xsputn(const char_type* s, streamsize count) -> streamsize override {
+    buffer_.append(s, s + count);
+    return count;
+  }
+};
+
 // An equivalent of `*reinterpret_cast<Dest*>(&source)` that doesn't have
 // undefined behavior (e.g. due to type aliasing).
 // Example: uint64_t d = bit_cast<uint64_t>(2.718);
diff --git a/include/fmt/ostream.h b/include/fmt/ostream.h
index dd005fa1..0ebdd60f 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ostream.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ostream.h
@@ -18,36 +18,6 @@ template <typename OutputIt, typename Char> class basic_printf_context;
 
 namespace detail {
 
-template <class Char> class formatbuf : public std::basic_streambuf<Char> {
- private:
-  using int_type = typename std::basic_streambuf<Char>::int_type;
-  using traits_type = typename std::basic_streambuf<Char>::traits_type;
-
-  buffer<Char>& buffer_;
-
- public:
-  explicit formatbuf(buffer<Char>& buf) : buffer_(buf) {}
-
- protected:
-  // The put area is always empty. This makes the implementation simpler and has
-  // the advantage that the streambuf and the buffer are always in sync and
-  // sputc never writes into uninitialized memory. A disadvantage is that each
-  // call to sputc always results in a (virtual) call to overflow. There is no
-  // disadvantage here for sputn since this always results in a call to xsputn.
-
-  auto overflow(int_type ch = traits_type::eof()) -> int_type override {
-    if (!traits_type::eq_int_type(ch, traits_type::eof()))
-      buffer_.push_back(static_cast<Char>(ch));
-    return ch;
-  }
-
-  auto xsputn(const Char* s, std::streamsize count)
-      -> std::streamsize override {
-    buffer_.append(s, s + count);
-    return count;
-  }
-};
-
 // Checks if T has a user-defined operator<<.
 template <typename T, typename Char, typename Enable = void>
 class is_streamable {
@@ -97,7 +67,7 @@ void write_buffer(std::basic_ostream<Char>& os, buffer<Char>& buf) {
 template <typename Char, typename T>
 void format_value(buffer<Char>& buf, const T& value,
                   locale_ref loc = locale_ref()) {
-  auto&& format_buf = formatbuf<Char>(buf);
+  auto&& format_buf = formatbuf<std::basic_streambuf<Char>>(buf);
   auto&& output = std::basic_ostream<Char>(&format_buf);
 #if !defined(FMT_STATIC_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR)
   if (loc) output.imbue(loc.get<std::locale>());