diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index a2a05d408334e..dd4b2210eea12 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ template <typename Context> class basic_format_arg {
    * `vis(value)` will be called with the value of type `double`.
    */
   template <typename Visitor>
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto visit(Visitor&& vis) const -> decltype(vis(0)) {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR FMT_INLINE auto visit(Visitor&& vis) const -> decltype(vis(0)) {
     switch (type_) {
     case detail::type::none_type:
       break;