diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 2b474e36..2576d056 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -845,11 +845,23 @@ template <typename T = char> class counting_buffer : public buffer<T> {
 // It is used to reduce symbol sizes for the common case.
 template <typename T>
 class buffer_appender : public std::back_insert_iterator<buffer<T>> {
+  using base = std::back_insert_iterator<buffer<T>>;
  public:
   explicit buffer_appender(buffer<T>& buf)
-      : std::back_insert_iterator<buffer<T>>(buf) {}
-  buffer_appender(std::back_insert_iterator<buffer<T>> it)
-      : std::back_insert_iterator<buffer<T>>(it) {}
+      : base(buf) {}
+  buffer_appender(base it)
+      : base(it) {}
+
+  buffer_appender& operator++() {
+    base::operator++();
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  buffer_appender operator++(int) {
+    buffer_appender tmp = *this;
+    ++*this;
+    return tmp;
+  }
 };
 
 // Maps an output iterator into a buffer.
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index d0a38f25..dcd1e486 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -2473,3 +2473,29 @@ TEST(FormatTest, FormatUTF8Precision) {
   EXPECT_EQ(result.size(), 5);
   EXPECT_EQ(from_u8str(result), from_u8str(str.substr(0, 5)));
 }
+
+struct lazy_optional {
+  bool engaged;
+  std::string value;
+};
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+template <> struct formatter<lazy_optional> : formatter<std::string_view> {
+  template <typename Context>
+  auto format(const lazy_optional& opt, Context& ctx) {
+    if (opt.engaged) {
+      auto out = format_to(ctx.out(), "Some(");
+      out = format_to(out, "{}", opt.value);
+      *out = ')';
+      return ++out;
+    } else {
+      return format_to(ctx.out(), "None()");
+    }
+  }
+};
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+TEST(FormatTest, BackInsertSlicing) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", lazy_optional{false, ""}), "None()");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", lazy_optional{true, "X"}), "Some(X)");
+}