diff --git a/mat/diagonal.go b/mat/diagonal.go
index f3357d6b..f7247170 100644
--- a/mat/diagonal.go
+++ b/mat/diagonal.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package mat
 
 import (
+	"math"
+
 	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/blas"
 	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/blas/blas64"
 )
@@ -324,3 +326,25 @@ func (d *DiagDense) Trace() float64 {
 	return tr
 
 }
+
+// Norm returns the specified norm of the receiver. Valid norms are:
+//  1 or Inf - The maximum diagonal element magnitude
+//  2 - The Frobenius norm, the square root of the sum of the squares of
+//      the diagonal elements
+//
+// Norm will panic with ErrNormOrder if an illegal norm is specified and with
+// ErrZeroLength if the receiver has zero size.
+func (d *DiagDense) Norm(norm float64) float64 {
+	if d.IsEmpty() {
+		panic(ErrZeroLength)
+	}
+	switch norm {
+	default:
+		panic(ErrNormOrder)
+	case 1, math.Inf(1):
+		imax := blas64.Iamax(d.mat)
+		return math.Abs(d.at(imax, imax))
+	case 2:
+		return blas64.Nrm2(d.mat)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mat/matrix.go b/mat/matrix.go
index 71e1e823..dd7750a5 100644
--- a/mat/matrix.go
+++ b/mat/matrix.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type allMatrix interface {
 type denseMatrix interface {
 	DiagView() Diagonal
 	Tracer
+	Normer
 }
 
 var (