diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index a0e35f4b..93e4b1e6 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -685,6 +685,13 @@ class basic_memory_buffer : public detail::buffer<T> {
 
   /** Increases the buffer capacity to *new_capacity*. */
   void reserve(size_t new_capacity) { this->try_reserve(new_capacity); }
+
+  // Directly append data into the buffer
+  using detail::buffer<T>::append;
+  template <typename ContiguousRange>
+  void append(const ContiguousRange& range) {
+    append(range.data(), range.data() + range.size());
+  }
 };
 
 template <typename T, size_t SIZE, typename Allocator>
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 6e6b6af9..b48fd6be 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ TEST(MemoryBufferTest, MoveCtorInlineBuffer) {
   std::allocator<char> alloc;
   basic_memory_buffer<char, 5, TestAllocator> buffer((TestAllocator(&alloc)));
   const char test[] = "test";
-  buffer.append(test, test + 4);
+  buffer.append(string_view(test, 4));
   check_move_buffer("test", buffer);
   // Adding one more character fills the inline buffer, but doesn't cause
   // dynamic allocation.