diff --git a/mat/symband.go b/mat/symband.go
index 4eae3caf..f204dad3 100644
--- a/mat/symband.go
+++ b/mat/symband.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package mat
 import (
 	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/blas"
 	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/blas/blas64"
+	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/lapack"
+	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/lapack/lapack64"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -242,6 +244,25 @@ func (s *SymBandDense) DoColNonZero(j int, fn func(i, j int, v float64)) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Norm returns the specified norm of the receiver. Valid norms are:
+//  1 - The maximum absolute column sum
+//  2 - The Frobenius norm, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements
+//  Inf - The maximum absolute row sum
+//
+// Norm will panic with ErrNormOrder if an illegal norm is specified.
+func (s *SymBandDense) Norm(norm float64) float64 {
+	if s.IsEmpty() {
+		panic(ErrZeroLength)
+	}
+	lnorm := normLapack(norm, false)
+	if lnorm == lapack.MaxColumnSum || lnorm == lapack.MaxRowSum {
+		work := getFloats(s.mat.N, false)
+		defer putFloats(work)
+		return lapack64.Lansb(lnorm, s.mat, work)
+	}
+	return lapack64.Lansb(lnorm, s.mat, nil)
+}
+
 // Trace returns the trace.
 func (s *SymBandDense) Trace() float64 {
 	rb := s.RawSymBand()