diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 4038ac58..bd790236 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ TEST(CompileTest, FormatDefault) {
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), "foo"));
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), std::string("foo")));
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), test_formattable()));
+#  ifdef __cpp_lib_byte
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), std::byte{42}));
+#  endif
 }
 
 TEST(CompileTest, FormatWideString) {