diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/bidiag.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/bidiag.jl
index 1129b1e25cc47..576d9c9443359 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/bidiag.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/bidiag.jl
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ function svd(M::Bidiagonal; full::Bool = false)
     svd!(copy(M), full = full)
 end
 
+###################
+#     opnorm      #
+###################
+
+function _opnorm1Inf(B::Bidiagonal, p)
+    size(B, 1) == 1 && return norm(first(B.dv))
+    case = xor(p == 1, istriu(B))
+    normd1, normdend = norm(first(B.dv)), norm(last(B.dv))
+    normd1, normdend = case ? (zero(normd1), normdend) : (normd1, zero(normdend))
+    return max(mapreduce(t -> sum(norm, t), max, zip(view(B.dv, (1:length(B.ev)) .+ !case), B.ev)), normdend)
+end
+
 ####################
 # Generic routines #
 ####################
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl
index 69c74e23b07d6..77c6e39330b86 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/diagonal.jl
@@ -548,6 +548,16 @@ function svd(D::Diagonal{<:Number})
     return SVD(Up, S[piv], copy(Vp'))
 end
 
+_opnorm12Inf(A::Diagonal, p) = maximum(opnorm(x, p) for x in A.diag)
+
+function opnorm(A::Diagonal, p::Real=2)
+    if p == 1 || p == Inf || p == 2
+        return _opnorm12Inf(A, p)
+    else
+        throw(ArgumentError("invalid p-norm p=$p. Valid: 1, 2, Inf"))
+    end
+end
+
 # disambiguation methods: * of Diagonal and Adj/Trans AbsVec
 *(x::Adjoint{<:Any,<:AbstractVector}, D::Diagonal) = Adjoint(map((t,s) -> t'*s, D.diag, parent(x)))
 *(x::Adjoint{<:Any,<:AbstractVector}, D::Diagonal, y::AbstractVector) =
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/special.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/special.jl
index 4043762f75afa..e20d7147a43a0 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/special.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/special.jl
@@ -338,3 +338,16 @@ end
 
 ==(A::Bidiagonal, B::SymTridiagonal) = iszero(B.ev) && iszero(A.ev) && A.dv == B.dv
 ==(B::SymTridiagonal, A::Bidiagonal) = A == B
+
+# op norm for structured matrices other than diagonal
+# the _opnorm1Inf methods are housed in the structured type's respective files
+
+function opnorm(A::Union{Bidiagonal,Tridiagonal,SymTridiagonal}, p::Real=2)
+    if p == 2
+        return opnorm2(A)
+    elseif p == 1 || p == Inf
+        return _opnorm1Inf(A, p)
+    else
+        throw(ArgumentError("invalid p-norm p=$p. Valid: 1, 2, Inf"))
+    end
+end
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/tridiag.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/tridiag.jl
index 46b0d02a46711..eb01e1d8efbd8 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/tridiag.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/tridiag.jl
@@ -647,5 +647,40 @@ function SymTridiagonal{T}(M::Tridiagonal) where T
     end
 end
 
+###################
+#     opnorms     #
+###################
+
+# Tridiagonal
+
+function _opnorm1Inf(A::Tridiagonal, p)
+    size(A, 1) == 1 && return norm(first(A.d))
+    case = p == Inf
+    lowerrange, upperrange = case ? (1:length(A.dl)-1, 2:length(A.dl)) : (2:length(A.dl), 1:length(A.dl)-1)
+    normfirst, normend = case ? (norm(first(A.d))+norm(first(A.du)), norm(last(A.dl))+norm(last(A.d))) : (norm(first(A.d))+norm(first(A.dl)), norm(last(A.du))+norm(last(A.d)))
+
+    return max(
+                mapreduce(t -> sum(norm, t),
+                    max,
+                    zip(view(A.d, (2:length(A.d)-1)), view(A.dl, lowerrange), view(A.du, upperrange))
+                ),
+                normfirst, normend)
+end
+
+# SymTridiagonal
+
+function _opnorm1Inf(A::SymTridiagonal, p::Real)
+    size(A, 1) == 1 && return norm(first(A.dv))
+    lowerrange, upperrange = 1:length(A.ev)-1, 2:length(A.ev)
+    normfirst, normend = norm(first(A.dv))+norm(first(A.ev)), norm(last(A.ev))+norm(last(A.dv))
+
+    return max(
+                mapreduce(t -> sum(norm, t),
+                    max,
+                    zip(view(A.dv, (2:length(A.dv)-1)), view(A.ev, lowerrange), view(A.ev, upperrange))
+                ),
+                normfirst, normend)
+end
+
 Base._sum(A::Tridiagonal, ::Colon) = sum(A.d) + sum(A.dl) + sum(A.du)
 Base._sum(A::SymTridiagonal, ::Colon) = sum(A.dv) + 2sum(A.ev)
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/bidiag.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/bidiag.jl
index 250bbbc6cb2ee..ba4789da79de3 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/bidiag.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/bidiag.jl
@@ -409,6 +409,32 @@ end
     @test vcat((Aub\bb)...) ≈ UpperTriangular(A)\b
 end
 
+@testset "opnorms" begin
+    B = Bidiagonal([1,-2,3,-4], [1,2,3], 'U')
+
+    @test opnorm(B, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(B), 1)
+    @test opnorm(B, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(B), 2)
+    @test opnorm(B, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(B), Inf)
+
+    B = Bidiagonal([1,-2,3,-4], [1,2,3], 'L')
+
+    @test opnorm(B, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(B), 1)
+    @test opnorm(B, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(B), 2)
+    @test opnorm(B, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(B), Inf)
+
+    B = Bidiagonal([2], Int[], 'L')
+
+    @test opnorm(B, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(B), 1)
+    @test opnorm(B, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(B), 2)
+    @test opnorm(B, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(B), Inf)
+
+    B = Bidiagonal([2], Int[], 'U')
+
+    @test opnorm(B, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(B), 1)
+    @test opnorm(B, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(B), 2)
+    @test opnorm(B, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(B), Inf)
+end
+
 @testset "sum" begin
     @test sum(Bidiagonal([1,2,3], [1,2], :U)) == 9
     @test sum(Bidiagonal([1,2,3], [1,2], :L)) == 9
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl
index 69bebeffb2ff2..a5a97a3780520 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/diagonal.jl
@@ -539,6 +539,26 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "opnorms" begin
+    D = Diagonal([1,-2,3,-4])
+
+    @test opnorm(D, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(D), 1)
+    @test opnorm(D, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(D), 2)
+    @test opnorm(D, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(D), Inf)
+
+    D = Diagonal([-11])
+    @test opnorm(D, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(D), 1)
+    @test opnorm(D, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(D), 2)
+    @test opnorm(D, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(D), Inf)
+
+    # block diagonal matrices
+    D = Diagonal([[1 2; 3 4], [5 6; 7 8]])
+    A = [1 2 0 0; 3 4 0 0; 0 0 5 6; 0 0 7 8] # full matrix of D
+    @test opnorm(D, 1) == opnorm(A, 1)
+    @test opnorm(D, 2) ≈ opnorm(A, 2)
+    @test opnorm(D, Inf) == opnorm(A, Inf)
+end
+
 @testset "eigenvalue sorting" begin
     D = Diagonal([0.4, 0.2, -1.3])
     @test eigvals(D) == eigen(D).values == [0.4, 0.2, -1.3] # not sorted by default
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/tridiag.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/tridiag.jl
index 2706b4c768b65..13e05892c329d 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/tridiag.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/tridiag.jl
@@ -437,6 +437,30 @@ end
     @test A90\b90 ≈ inv(A90)*b90
 end
 
+@testset "opnorms" begin
+    T = Tridiagonal([1,2,3], [1,-2,3,-4], [1,2,3])
+
+    @test opnorm(T, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(T), 1)
+    @test_skip opnorm(T, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(T), 2) # currently missing
+    @test opnorm(T, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(T), Inf)
+
+    S = SymTridiagonal([1,-2,3,-4], [1,2,3])
+
+    @test opnorm(S, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(S), 1)
+    @test_skip opnorm(S, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(S), 2) # currently missing
+    @test opnorm(S, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(S), Inf)
+
+    T = Tridiagonal(Int[], [-5], Int[])
+    @test opnorm(T, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(T), 1)
+    @test_skip opnorm(T, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(T), 2) # currently missing
+    @test opnorm(T, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(T), Inf)
+
+    S = SymTridiagonal(T)
+    @test opnorm(S, 1) == opnorm(Matrix(S), 1)
+    @test_skip opnorm(S, 2) ≈ opnorm(Matrix(S), 2) # currently missing
+    @test opnorm(S, Inf) == opnorm(Matrix(S), Inf)
+end
+
 @testset "singular values of SymTridiag" begin
     @test svdvals(SymTridiagonal([-4,2,3], [0,0])) ≈ [4,3,2]
     @test svdvals(SymTridiagonal(collect(0.:10.), zeros(10))) ≈ reverse(0:10)