diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 92acb410..aaea683b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1613,8 +1613,11 @@ template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename UInt> struct int_writer {
                               make_checked(p, s.size()));
     }
     if (prefix_size != 0) p[-1] = static_cast<Char>('-');
-    out = write(out, basic_string_view<Char>(buffer.data(), buffer.size()),
-                specs);
+    using iterator = remove_reference_t<decltype(reserve(out, 0))>;
+    auto data = buffer.data();
+    out = write_padded<align::right>(out, specs, size, size, [=](iterator it) {
+      return copy_str<Char>(data, data + size, it);
+    });
   }
 
   void on_chr() { *out++ = static_cast<Char>(abs_value); }
diff --git a/test/locale-test.cc b/test/locale-test.cc
index 87423bce..0e05d148 100644
--- a/test/locale-test.cc
+++ b/test/locale-test.cc
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ TEST(LocaleTest, Format) {
             fmt::format(small_grouping_loc, "{:L}", max_value<uint32_t>()));
 }
 
+TEST(LocaleTest, FormatDetaultAlign) {
+  std::locale special_grouping_loc(std::locale(), new special_grouping<char>());
+  EXPECT_EQ("  12,345", fmt::format(special_grouping_loc, "{:8L}", 12345));
+}
+
 TEST(LocaleTest, WFormat) {
   std::locale loc(std::locale(), new numpunct<wchar_t>());
   EXPECT_EQ(L"1234567", fmt::format(std::locale(), L"{:L}", 1234567));