diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 9ec4325..51830fb 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ register_toolchains(
     "@gcc_12_toolchain//:toolchain",
 )
 
+FMT_VERSION = "dd5a9691f992f7f257243cbecb516a4ab584dcde"
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "fmt",
+    patch_cmds = [
+        "mv support/bazel/.bazelversion .bazelversion",
+        "mv support/bazel/BUILD.bazel BUILD.bazel",
+        "mv support/bazel/WORKSPACE.bazel WORKSPACE.bazel",
+    ],
+    sha256 = "02289e247321e4984fcfc185e1bcaf6ace9622ad6e034f326677da4b53c7a92d",
+    strip_prefix = "fmt-%s" % FMT_VERSION,
+    url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/%s.tar.gz" % FMT_VERSION,
+)
+
 BOOST_UT_VERSION = "e53a47d37bc594e80bd5f1b8dc1ade8dce4429d3"
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/test/BUILD.bazel b/test/BUILD.bazel
index 9953459..4366d60 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ cc_test(
     srcs = ["dummy_test.cpp"],
     deps = [
         "@boost_ut",
+        "@fmt",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test/dummy_test.cpp b/test/dummy_test.cpp
index c17795c..f218cf6 100644
--- a/test/dummy_test.cpp
+++ b/test/dummy_test.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #include <boost/ut.hpp>
 
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+
 auto main() -> int
 {
   using ::boost::ut::expect;
   using ::boost::ut::test;
 
-  test("true is true") = [] { expect(true); };
+  test("true is true") = [] {
+    const auto s = fmt::format("The answer is {}.", 42);
+
+    expect("The answer is 42." == s);
+  };
 }