diff --git a/src/fmt.cc b/src/fmt.cc
index 11e4499c..cf49a4c4 100644
--- a/src/fmt.cc
+++ b/src/fmt.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module;
 #  include <utility>
 #  include <variant>
 #  include <vector>
-#else
+#elifndef FMT_IMPORT_STD_COMPAT
 #  include <limits.h>
 #  include <stdint.h>
 #  include <stdio.h>
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ export module fmt;
 
 #ifdef FMT_IMPORT_STD
 import std;
+#elifdef FMT_IMPORT_STD_COMPAT
+import std.compat;
 #endif
 
 #define FMT_EXPORT export