diff --git a/src/entt/core/any.hpp b/src/entt/core/any.hpp
index d29eb5b72..28c97f39d 100644
--- a/src/entt/core/any.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/core/any.hpp
@@ -178,9 +178,17 @@ class basic_any {
                 static_assert(sizeof...(Args) == 1u && (std::is_lvalue_reference_v<Args> && ...), "Invalid arguments");
                 instance = (std::addressof(args), ...);
             } else if constexpr(in_situ<Type>) {
-                new (&storage) Type{std::forward<Args>(args)...};
+                if constexpr(std::is_aggregate_v<Type>) {
+                    new (&storage) Type{std::forward<Args>(args)...};
+                } else {
+                    new (&storage) Type(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+                }
             } else {
-                instance = new Type{std::forward<Args>(args)...};
+                if constexpr(std::is_aggregate_v<Type>) {
+                    instance = new Type{std::forward<Args>(args)...};
+                } else {
+                    instance = new Type(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+                }
             }
         }
     }