diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 30bb7fc72f87..1e6292b7235c 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ TEST(CompileTest, Empty) {
 #ifdef FMT_USE_NONTYPE_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS
 TEST(CompileTest, CompileFormatStringLiteral) {
   using namespace fmt::literals;
+  EXPECT_EQ("", fmt::format(""_cf));
   EXPECT_EQ("42", fmt::format("{}"_cf, 42));
 }
 #endif