diff --git a/src/symmetric.jl b/src/symmetric.jl
index 804a063b..c768f091 100644
--- a/src/symmetric.jl
+++ b/src/symmetric.jl
@@ -474,25 +474,25 @@ Base.conj!(A::HermOrSym) = typeof(A)(parentof_applytri(conj!, A), A.uplo)
 # tril/triu
 function tril(A::Hermitian, k::Integer=0)
     if A.uplo == 'U' && k <= 0
-        return tril!(copy(A.data'),k)
+        return tril_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data'),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'U' && k > 0
-        return tril!(copy(A.data'),-1) + tril!(triu(A.data),k)
+        return tril_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data'),-1) + tril_maybe_inplace(triu(A.data),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'L' && k <= 0
         return tril(A.data,k)
     else
-        return tril(A.data,-1) + tril!(triu!(copy(A.data')),k)
+        return tril(A.data,-1) + tril_maybe_inplace(triu_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data')),k)
     end
 end
 
 function tril(A::Symmetric, k::Integer=0)
     if A.uplo == 'U' && k <= 0
-        return tril!(copy(transpose(A.data)),k)
+        return tril_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data)),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'U' && k > 0
-        return tril!(copy(transpose(A.data)),-1) + tril!(triu(A.data),k)
+        return tril_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data)),-1) + tril_maybe_inplace(triu(A.data),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'L' && k <= 0
         return tril(A.data,k)
     else
-        return tril(A.data,-1) + tril!(triu!(copy(transpose(A.data))),k)
+        return tril(A.data,-1) + tril_maybe_inplace(triu_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data))),k)
     end
 end
 
@@ -500,11 +500,11 @@ function triu(A::Hermitian, k::Integer=0)
     if A.uplo == 'U' && k >= 0
         return triu(A.data,k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'U' && k < 0
-        return triu(A.data,1) + triu!(tril!(copy(A.data')),k)
+        return triu(A.data,1) + triu_maybe_inplace(tril_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data')),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'L' && k >= 0
-        return triu!(copy(A.data'),k)
+        return triu_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data'),k)
     else
-        return triu!(copy(A.data'),1) + triu!(tril(A.data),k)
+        return triu_maybe_inplace(copy(A.data'),1) + triu_maybe_inplace(tril(A.data),k)
     end
 end
 
@@ -512,11 +512,11 @@ function triu(A::Symmetric, k::Integer=0)
     if A.uplo == 'U' && k >= 0
         return triu(A.data,k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'U' && k < 0
-        return triu(A.data,1) + triu!(tril!(copy(transpose(A.data))),k)
+        return triu(A.data,1) + triu_maybe_inplace(tril_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data))),k)
     elseif A.uplo == 'L' && k >= 0
-        return triu!(copy(transpose(A.data)),k)
+        return triu_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data)),k)
     else
-        return triu!(copy(transpose(A.data)),1) + triu!(tril(A.data),k)
+        return triu_maybe_inplace(copy(transpose(A.data)),1) + triu_maybe_inplace(tril(A.data),k)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/src/triangular.jl b/src/triangular.jl
index 26ad4204..7c99f85a 100644
--- a/src/triangular.jl
+++ b/src/triangular.jl
@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@ function tril!(A::UnitLowerTriangular, k::Integer=0)
     return tril!(LowerTriangular(A.data), k)
 end
 
+tril_maybe_inplace(A, k::Integer=0) = tril(A, k)
+triu_maybe_inplace(A, k::Integer=0) = triu(A, k)
+tril_maybe_inplace(A::StridedMatrix, k::Integer=0) = tril!(A, k)
+triu_maybe_inplace(A::StridedMatrix, k::Integer=0) = triu!(A, k)
+
 adjoint(A::LowerTriangular) = UpperTriangular(adjoint(A.data))
 adjoint(A::UpperTriangular) = LowerTriangular(adjoint(A.data))
 adjoint(A::UnitLowerTriangular) = UnitUpperTriangular(adjoint(A.data))
diff --git a/test/symmetric.jl b/test/symmetric.jl
index ae97b453..a9d1a883 100644
--- a/test/symmetric.jl
+++ b/test/symmetric.jl
@@ -1206,4 +1206,18 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "triu/tril with immutable arrays" begin
+    A = ImmutableArray([1 2; 3 4])
+    for T in (Symmetric, Hermitian), uplo in (:U, :L)
+        H = T(A, uplo)
+        MH = Matrix(H)
+        @test triu(H,-1) == triu(MH,-1)
+        @test triu(H) == triu(MH)
+        @test triu(H,1) == triu(MH,1)
+        @test tril(H,1) == tril(MH,1)
+        @test tril(H) == tril(MH)
+        @test tril(H,-1) == tril(MH,-1)
+    end
+end
+
 end # module TestSymmetric
diff --git a/test/testhelpers/ImmutableArrays.jl b/test/testhelpers/ImmutableArrays.jl
index 8f2d23be..014e8110 100644
--- a/test/testhelpers/ImmutableArrays.jl
+++ b/test/testhelpers/ImmutableArrays.jl
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ AbstractArray{T,N}(A::ImmutableArray{S,N}) where {S,T,N} = ImmutableArray(Abstra
 Base.copy(A::ImmutableArray) = ImmutableArray(copy(A.data))
 Base.zero(A::ImmutableArray) = ImmutableArray(zero(A.data))
 
+Base.adjoint(A::ImmutableArray) = ImmutableArray(adjoint(A.data))
+Base.transpose(A::ImmutableArray) = ImmutableArray(transpose(A.data))
+
 end