diff --git a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
index ad8d8be..c0ab731 100644
--- a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
+++ b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ public:
    * @throws std::bad_any_cast if the option is not of type T
    */
   template <typename T = std::string>
-  auto present(std::string_view aArgumentName) -> std::optional<T> {
+  auto present(std::string_view aArgumentName) const -> std::optional<T> {
     return (*this)[aArgumentName].present<T>();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/test_value_semantics.cpp b/test/test_value_semantics.cpp
index 2cc0f88..72958cc 100644
--- a/test/test_value_semantics.cpp
+++ b/test/test_value_semantics.cpp
@@ -93,4 +93,27 @@ TEST_CASE("ArgumentParser is CopyConstructible and CopyAssignable" *
       }
     }
   }
+
+  TEST_CASE("ArgumentParser is const-correct after construction and parsing" *
+            test_suite("value_semantics")) {
+    GIVEN("a parser") {
+      argparse::ArgumentParser parser("test");
+      parser.add_argument("--foo", "-f").help("I am foo");
+      parser.add_description("A description");
+      parser.add_epilog("An epilog");
+
+      WHEN("becomes const-qualified") {
+        parser.parse_args({"./main", "--foo", "baz"});
+        const auto const_parser = std::move(parser);
+
+        THEN("only const methods are accessible") {
+          REQUIRE(const_parser.help().str().size() > 0);
+          REQUIRE(const_parser.present<std::string>("--foo"));
+          REQUIRE(const_parser.is_used("-f"));
+          REQUIRE(const_parser.get("-f") == "baz");
+          REQUIRE(const_parser["-f"] == std::string("baz"));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }