diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index eac81a798e81..acff1574a877 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ auto find_escape(const Char* begin, const Char* end)
   return {begin, nullptr, 0};
 }
 
-auto find_escape(const char* begin, const char* end)
+inline auto find_escape(const char* begin, const char* end)
     -> find_escape_result<char> {
   if (!is_utf8()) return find_escape<char>(begin, end);
   auto result = find_escape_result<char>{end, nullptr, 0};
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index bf3785a65d72..6bf68fb3c469 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ endif ()
 add_fmt_test(ostream-test)
 add_fmt_test(compile-test)
 add_fmt_test(printf-test)
-add_fmt_test(ranges-test)
+add_fmt_test(ranges-test ranges-odr-test.cc)
 add_fmt_test(scan-test)
 add_fmt_test(unicode-test HEADER_ONLY)
 if (MSVC)
diff --git a/test/ranges-odr-test.cc b/test/ranges-odr-test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d6cd1ffce45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ranges-odr-test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Formatting library for C++ - the core API
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 - present, Victor Zverovich
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// For the license information refer to format.h.
+
+#include "fmt/ranges.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+// call fmt::format from another translation unit to test ODR
+TEST(ranges_odr_test, format_vector) {
+  auto v = std::vector<int>{1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11};
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", v), "[1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11]");
+}
+