diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 92a1d5b7a04d..9cd523a9e6a5 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR FMT_INLINE auto format_decimal(Char* out, UInt value,
 }
 
 template <typename Char, typename UInt, typename OutputIt,
-          FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_back_insert_iterator<OutputIt>::value)>
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!std::is_pointer<remove_cvref_t<OutputIt>>::value)>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR auto format_decimal(OutputIt out, UInt value, int num_digits)
     -> OutputIt {
   if (auto ptr = to_pointer<Char>(out, to_unsigned(num_digits))) {
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 043588e49050..d708aa7882c4 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "fmt/compile.h"
 
+#include <iterator>
+#include <list>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -199,6 +201,21 @@ TEST(compile_test, format_to_n) {
   EXPECT_STREQ("2a", buffer);
 }
 
+TEST(compile_test, output_iterators) {
+  std::list<char> out;
+  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(out), FMT_COMPILE("{}"), 42);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", std::string(out.begin(), out.end()));
+
+  std::stringstream s;
+  fmt::format_to(std::ostream_iterator<char>(s), FMT_COMPILE("{}"), 42);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", s.str());
+
+  std::stringstream s2;
+  fmt::format_to(std::ostreambuf_iterator<char>(s2), FMT_COMPILE("{}.{:06d}"),
+                 42, 43);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42.000043", s2.str());
+}
+
 #  if FMT_USE_CONSTEVAL && (!FMT_MSC_VERSION || FMT_MSC_VERSION >= 1940)
 TEST(compile_test, constexpr_formatted_size) {
   FMT_CONSTEXPR20 size_t size = fmt::formatted_size(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), 42);
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 60707e6a4247..34c7f44eda88 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -2102,6 +2102,10 @@ TEST(format_test, output_iterators) {
   std::stringstream s;
   fmt::format_to(std::ostream_iterator<char>(s), "{}", 42);
   EXPECT_EQ("42", s.str());
+
+  std::stringstream s2;
+  fmt::format_to(std::ostreambuf_iterator<char>(s2), "{}.{:06d}", 42, 43);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42.000043", s2.str());
 }
 
 TEST(format_test, fill_via_appender) {