diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 8aacb6dce245..9647c90b6ef6 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ Utilities
 
 .. doxygenfunction:: fmt::to_string(const T&)
 
+.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::to_wstring(const T&)
+
 .. doxygenclass:: fmt::BasicStringRef
    :members:
 
diff --git a/fmt/string.h b/fmt/string.h
index cb87b15e7ddb..05996eb58788 100644
--- a/fmt/string.h
+++ b/fmt/string.h
@@ -125,6 +125,24 @@ std::string to_string(const T &value) {
   w << value;
   return w.str();
 }
+
+/**
+  \rst
+  Converts *value* to ``std::wstring`` using the default format for type *T*.
+
+  **Example**::
+
+    #include "fmt/string.h"
+
+    std::wstring answer = fmt::to_wstring(42);
+  \endrst
+ */
+template <typename T>
+std::wstring to_wstring(const T &value) {
+  fmt::WMemoryWriter w;
+  w << value;
+  return w.str();
+}
 }
 
 #endif  // FMT_STRING_H_
diff --git a/test/string-test.cc b/test/string-test.cc
index 10e537b7a2fc..06f55f652a16 100644
--- a/test/string-test.cc
+++ b/test/string-test.cc
@@ -78,3 +78,7 @@ TEST(StringWriterTest, WString) {
 TEST(StringTest, ToString) {
   EXPECT_EQ("42", fmt::to_string(42));
 }
+
+TEST(StringTest, ToWString) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"42", fmt::to_wstring(42));
+}