diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 49625c0b..35941aff 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ using string_view_t = basic_string_view_t<char>;
 #error SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT only supported on windows
 #else
 using wstring_view_t = basic_string_view_t<wchar_t>;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_convertible_to_wstring_view : std::is_convertible<T, wstring_view_t> { };
 #endif // _WIN32
+#else
+template<typename>
+struct is_convertible_to_wstring_view : std::false_type { };
 #endif // SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
 
 #if defined(SPDLOG_NO_ATOMIC_LEVELS)
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger.h b/include/spdlog/logger.h
index 8d991e58..63287d43 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     // T can be statically converted to string_view
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, spdlog::string_view_t>::value, T>::type * = nullptr>
+    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<const T &, spdlog::string_view_t>::value, T>::type * = nullptr>
     void log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, const T &msg)
     {
         if (!should_log(lvl))
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ public:
         sink_it_(log_msg);
     }
 
-    // T cannot be statically converted to string_view
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<!std::is_convertible<T, spdlog::string_view_t>::value, T>::type * = nullptr>
+    // T cannot be statically converted to string_view or wstring_view
+    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<!std::is_convertible<const T &, spdlog::string_view_t>::value && !is_convertible_to_wstring_view<const T &>::value, T>::type * = nullptr>
     void log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, const T &msg)
     {
         if (!should_log(lvl))
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public:
             fmt::format_to(wbuf, fmt, args...);
 
             fmt::memory_buffer buf;
-            details::os::wstr_to_utf8buf(basic_string_view_t<wchar_t>(wbuf.data(), wbuf.size()), buf);
+            details::os::wstr_to_utf8buf(wstring_view_t(wbuf.data(), wbuf.size()), buf);
 
             details::log_msg log_msg(source, name_, lvl, string_view_t(buf.data(), buf.size()));
             sink_it_(log_msg);
@@ -277,6 +277,26 @@ public:
     {
         log(level::critical, fmt, args...);
     }
+
+    // T can be statically converted to wstring_view
+    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<is_convertible_to_wstring_view<const T &>::value, T>::type * = nullptr>
+    void log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, const T &msg)
+    {
+        if (!should_log(lvl))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            fmt::memory_buffer buf;
+            details::os::wstr_to_utf8buf(msg, buf);
+
+            details::log_msg log_msg(loc, name_, lvl, string_view_t(buf.data(), buf.size()));
+            sink_it_(log_msg);
+        }
+        SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
+    }
 #endif // _WIN32
 #endif // SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 4abb3098..b4996688 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ inline void critical(string_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
     default_logger_raw()->critical(fmt, args...);
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+inline void log(source_loc source, level::level_enum lvl, const T &msg)
+{
+    default_logger_raw()->log(source, lvl, msg);
+}
+
 template<typename T>
 inline void log(level::level_enum lvl, const T &msg)
 {
@@ -205,6 +211,12 @@ inline void critical(const T &msg)
 }
 
 #ifdef SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT
+template<typename... Args>
+inline void log(source_loc source, level::level_enum lvl, wstring_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
+{
+    default_logger_raw()->log(source, lvl, fmt, args...);
+}
+
 template<typename... Args>
 inline void log(level::level_enum lvl, wstring_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
 {