diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 49776c18..d215bfee 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -423,11 +423,24 @@ namespace internal {
 void to_string_view(...);
 using fmt::v6::to_string_view;
 
+template <std::size_t N> struct priority_tag : priority_tag<N - 1> {};
+
+template <> struct priority_tag<0> {};
+
+// This is required to handle types privately inheriting from std::string,
+// which triggers a compilation failure.
+template <typename S>
+auto is_string_impl(priority_tag<1>)
+    -> decltype(to_string_view(std::declval<S>()));
+
+template <typename S> void is_string_impl(priority_tag<0>);
+
 // Specifies whether S is a string type convertible to fmt::basic_string_view.
 // It should be a constexpr function but MSVC 2017 fails to compile it in
 // enable_if and MSVC 2015 fails to compile it as an alias template.
-template <typename S>
-struct is_string : std::is_class<decltype(to_string_view(std::declval<S>()))> {
+template <typename S> struct is_string {
+  static constexpr bool value = std::is_class<decltype(
+      is_string_impl<S>(std::declval<priority_tag<1>>()))>::value;
 };
 
 template <typename S, typename = void> struct char_t_impl {};
@@ -827,7 +840,8 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const char_type* map(char_type* val) { return val; }
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const char_type* map(const char_type* val) { return val; }
   template <typename T, FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_string<T>::value)>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<char_type> map(const T& val) {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<char_type> map_impl(const T& val,
+                                                      priority_tag<4>) {
     static_assert(std::is_same<char_type, char_t<T>>::value,
                   "mixing character types is disallowed");
     return to_string_view(val);
@@ -836,7 +850,8 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
             FMT_ENABLE_IF(
                 std::is_constructible<basic_string_view<char_type>, T>::value &&
                 !is_string<T>::value)>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<char_type> map(const T& val) {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto map_impl(const T& val, priority_tag<3>)
+      -> decltype(basic_string_view<char_type>(val)) {
     return basic_string_view<char_type>(val);
   }
   template <
@@ -845,9 +860,31 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
           std::is_constructible<std_string_view<char_type>, T>::value &&
           !std::is_constructible<basic_string_view<char_type>, T>::value &&
           !is_string<T>::value)>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<char_type> map(const T& val) {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto map_impl(const T& val, priority_tag<2>)
+      -> decltype(std_string_view<char_type>(val),
+                  basic_string_view<char_type>{}) {
     return std_string_view<char_type>(val);
   }
+  template <typename T,
+            FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_enum<T>::value &&
+                          !has_formatter<T, Context>::value &&
+                          !has_fallback_formatter<T, Context>::value)>
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto map_impl(const T& val, priority_tag<1>) -> decltype(
+      map(static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(val))) {
+    return map(static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(val));
+  }
+  template <typename T,
+            FMT_ENABLE_IF(!is_string<T>::value && !is_char<T>::value &&
+                          (has_formatter<T, Context>::value ||
+                           has_fallback_formatter<T, Context>::value))>
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR const T& map_impl(const T& val, priority_tag<0>) {
+    return val;
+  }
+  template <typename T>
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto map(const T& val)
+      -> decltype(std::declval<arg_mapper>().map_impl(val, priority_tag<4>{})) {
+    return map_impl(val, priority_tag<4>{});
+  }
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* map(const signed char* val) {
     static_assert(std::is_same<char_type, char>::value, "invalid string type");
     return reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val);
@@ -869,22 +906,6 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  template <typename T,
-            FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_enum<T>::value &&
-                          !has_formatter<T, Context>::value &&
-                          !has_fallback_formatter<T, Context>::value)>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto map(const T& val) -> decltype(
-      map(static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(val))) {
-    return map(static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(val));
-  }
-  template <typename T,
-            FMT_ENABLE_IF(!is_string<T>::value && !is_char<T>::value &&
-                          (has_formatter<T, Context>::value ||
-                           has_fallback_formatter<T, Context>::value))>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR const T& map(const T& val) {
-    return val;
-  }
-
   template <typename T>
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const named_arg_base<char_type>& map(
       const named_arg<T, char_type>& val) {
diff --git a/test/custom-formatter-test.cc b/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
index 36007cae..5d280111 100644
--- a/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
+++ b/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
@@ -53,4 +53,29 @@ std::string custom_format(const char* format_str, const Args&... args) {
 TEST(CustomFormatterTest, Format) {
   EXPECT_EQ("0.00", custom_format("{:.2f}", -.00001));
 }
+
+template <typename T> class string_wrapper : std::string {
+ public:
+  string_wrapper(std::string const& s) : std::string(s) {}
+
+  std::string const& string() const { return *this; }
+};
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+template <typename Tag>
+struct formatter<string_wrapper<Tag>, char>
+    : formatter<fmt::basic_string_view<char>, char> {
+  template <typename FormatContext>
+  auto format(string_wrapper<Tag> const& str, FormatContext& ctx)
+      -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
+    return formatter<fmt::basic_string_view<char>, char>::format(str.string(),
+                                                                 ctx);
+  }
+};
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+TEST(CustomFormatterTest, FormatStringWrapperPrivateInheritance) {
+  // static_assert(fmt::internal::is_string<string_wrapper<struct Tag>>::value);
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format("{}", string_wrapper<struct Tag>("foo")));
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/test/ranges-test.cc b/test/ranges-test.cc
index 265f9acd..bae612de 100644
--- a/test/ranges-test.cc
+++ b/test/ranges-test.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,31 @@ TEST(RangesTest, PathLike) {
 #endif  // (__cplusplus > 201402L) || (defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG >
         // 201402L && _MSC_VER >= 1910)
 
+template <typename T> class string_wrapper : std::string {
+ public:
+  string_wrapper(std::string const& s) : std::string(s) {}
+
+  std::string const& string() const { return *this; }
+};
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+template <typename Tag>
+struct formatter<string_wrapper<Tag>, char>
+    : formatter<fmt::basic_string_view<char>, char> {
+  template <typename FormatContext>
+  auto format(string_wrapper<Tag> const& str, FormatContext& ctx)
+      -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
+    return formatter<fmt::basic_string_view<char>, char>::format(str.string(),
+                                                                 ctx);
+  }
+};
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+TEST(RangesTest, FormatStringWrapperPrivateInheritance) {
+  std::vector<string_wrapper<struct Tag2>> strs = {{"foo"}, {"bar"}};
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo, bar", fmt::format("{}", fmt::join(strs, ", ")));
+}
+
 #ifdef FMT_USE_STRING_VIEW
 struct string_like {
   const char* begin();