diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index 72cfb6dd99317..961182f150644 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) int __stdcall WriteConsoleW(  //
 FMT_FUNC bool write_console(std::FILE* f, string_view text) {
   int fd = _fileno(f);
   if (!_isatty(fd)) return false;
+  std::fflush(f);
   auto u16 = utf8_to_utf16(text);
   return WriteConsoleW(reinterpret_cast<void*>(_get_osfhandle(fd)), u16.c_str(),
                        static_cast<dword>(u16.size()), nullptr, nullptr) != 0;
diff --git a/include/fmt/ostream.h b/include/fmt/ostream.h
index c3dc8956d61ef..976501653d846 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ostream.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ostream.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ inline bool write_ostream_unicode(std::ostream& os, fmt::string_view data) {
     return false;
 #endif
   if (!c_file) return false;
+  os.flush();
   return write_console(c_file, data);
 }