diff --git a/src/fmt.cc b/src/fmt.cc
index 728436ffca1d..b4910336e7c6 100644
--- a/src/fmt.cc
+++ b/src/fmt.cc
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ export module fmt;
 #define FMT_END_DETAIL_NAMESPACE \
   }                              \
   export {
+
+#if defined(_MSC_FULL_VER) && _MSC_FULL_VER > 192930036
+#define FMT_USE_NONTYPE_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS 0
+#endif
+
 // all library-provided declarations and definitions
 // must be in the module purview to be exported
 #include "fmt/args.h"
@@ -86,7 +91,10 @@ export module fmt;
 #include "fmt/printf.h"
 #include "fmt/xchar.h"
 
+// gcc doesn't yet implement private module fragments
+#if !FMT_GCC_VERSION
 module : private;
+#endif
 
 #include "format.cc"
 #include "os.cc"
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index bd94b95ec23f..abaef78a8e31 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ if (FMT_CAN_MODULE)
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
   enable_module(test-module)
 
-  #add_fmt_test(module-test MODULE)
+  add_fmt_test(module-test MODULE)
   if (MSVC)
     target_compile_options(test-module PRIVATE /utf-8)
-    #target_compile_options(module-test PRIVATE /utf-8)
+    target_compile_options(module-test PRIVATE /utf-8)
   endif ()
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/test/module-test.cc b/test/module-test.cc
index fe38a79a344b..f0399d4ee5b6 100644
--- a/test/module-test.cc
+++ b/test/module-test.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 // All Rights Reserved
 // {fmt} module.
 
+#ifdef _MSC_FULL_VER
+// hide some implementation bugs in msvc
+// that are not essential to users of the module.
+#define FMT_HIDE_MODULE_BUGS
+#endif
+
 #include <bit>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <exception>