diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index cf294e369d1da..ad8194c6d1fa5 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR typename std::make_unsigned<Int>::type to_unsigned(Int value) {
 
 constexpr unsigned char micro[] = "\u00B5";
 
-constexpr bool is_utf8() {
-  return FMT_UNICODE ||
+template <typename Char> constexpr bool is_unicode() {
+  return FMT_UNICODE || sizeof(Char) != 1 ||
          (sizeof(micro) == 3 && micro[0] == 0xC2 && micro[1] == 0xB5);
 }
 
@@ -1659,8 +1659,11 @@ typename buffer_context<Char>::iterator vformat_to(
     buffer<Char>& buf, basic_string_view<Char> format_str,
     basic_format_args<buffer_context<type_identity_t<Char>>> args);
 
-FMT_API void vprint_mojibake(std::FILE*, string_view, format_args);
+template <typename Char, typename Args,
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!std::is_same<Char, char>::value)>
+inline void vprint_mojibake(std::FILE*, basic_string_view<Char>, const Args&) {}
 
+FMT_API void vprint_mojibake(std::FILE*, string_view, format_args);
 #ifndef _WIN32
 inline void vprint_mojibake(std::FILE*, string_view, format_args) {}
 #endif
@@ -1751,10 +1754,9 @@ FMT_API void vprint(std::FILE*, string_view, format_args);
     fmt::print(stderr, "Don't {}!", "panic");
   \endrst
  */
-template <typename S, typename... Args,
-          FMT_ENABLE_IF(internal::is_string<S>::value)>
+template <typename S, typename... Args, typename Char = char_t<S>>
 inline void print(std::FILE* f, const S& format_str, Args&&... args) {
-  return internal::is_utf8()
+  return internal::is_unicode<Char>()
              ? vprint(f, to_string_view(format_str),
                       internal::make_args_checked<Args...>(format_str, args...))
              : internal::vprint_mojibake(
@@ -1773,10 +1775,9 @@ inline void print(std::FILE* f, const S& format_str, Args&&... args) {
     fmt::print("Elapsed time: {0:.2f} seconds", 1.23);
   \endrst
  */
-template <typename S, typename... Args,
-          FMT_ENABLE_IF(internal::is_string<S>::value)>
+template <typename S, typename... Args, typename Char = char_t<S>>
 inline void print(const S& format_str, Args&&... args) {
-  return internal::is_utf8()
+  return internal::is_unicode<Char>()
              ? vprint(to_string_view(format_str),
                       internal::make_args_checked<Args...>(format_str, args...))
              : internal::vprint_mojibake(
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 812c1dcc62954..12e3213914728 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1757,6 +1757,8 @@ TEST(FormatTest, Print) {
   EXPECT_WRITE(stderr, fmt::print(stderr, "Don't {}!", "panic"),
                "Don't panic!");
 #endif
+  // Check that the wide print overload compiles.
+  if (fmt::internal::const_check(false)) fmt::print(L"test");
 }
 
 TEST(FormatTest, Variadic) {