diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 6df2875acfc2..dc10722bffc3 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -972,6 +972,14 @@ template <typename Context> struct arg_mapper {
     static_assert(std::is_same<char_type, char>::value, "invalid string type");
     return reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val);
   }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* map(signed char* val) {
+    const auto* const_val = val;
+    return map(const_val);
+  }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* map(unsigned char* val) {
+    const auto* const_val = val;
+    return map(const_val);
+  }
 
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const void* map(void* val) { return val; }
   FMT_CONSTEXPR const void* map(const void* val) { return val; }
diff --git a/test/printf-test.cc b/test/printf-test.cc
index 5aaa27b13ef0..545e02aab801 100644
--- a/test/printf-test.cc
+++ b/test/printf-test.cc
@@ -447,6 +447,12 @@ TEST(PrintfTest, String) {
   EXPECT_PRINTF(L"    (null)", L"%10s", null_wstr);
 }
 
+TEST(PrintfTest, UCharString) {
+  unsigned char str[] = "test";
+  unsigned char* pstr = str;
+  EXPECT_EQ("test", fmt::sprintf("%s", pstr));
+}
+
 TEST(PrintfTest, Pointer) {
   int n;
   void* p = &n;