diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/triangular.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/triangular.jl
index 71660bc5ca28c..83ef221329d33 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/triangular.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/triangular.jl
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ UnitUpperTriangular
 const UpperOrUnitUpperTriangular{T,S} = Union{UpperTriangular{T,S}, UnitUpperTriangular{T,S}}
 const LowerOrUnitLowerTriangular{T,S} = Union{LowerTriangular{T,S}, UnitLowerTriangular{T,S}}
 const UpperOrLowerTriangular{T,S} = Union{UpperOrUnitUpperTriangular{T,S}, LowerOrUnitLowerTriangular{T,S}}
+const UnitUpperOrUnitLowerTriangular{T,S} = Union{UnitUpperTriangular{T,S}, UnitLowerTriangular{T,S}}
 
 uppertriangular(M) = UpperTriangular(M)
 lowertriangular(M) = LowerTriangular(M)
@@ -181,6 +182,16 @@ copy(A::UpperOrLowerTriangular{<:Any, <:StridedMaybeAdjOrTransMat}) = copyto!(si
 
 # then handle all methods that requires specific handling of upper/lower and unit diagonal
 
+function full(A::Union{UpperTriangular,LowerTriangular})
+    return _triangularize(A)(parent(A))
+end
+function full(A::UnitUpperOrUnitLowerTriangular)
+    isupper = A isa UnitUpperTriangular
+    Ap = _triangularize(A)(parent(A), isupper ? 1 : -1)
+    Ap[diagind(Ap, IndexStyle(Ap))] = @view A[diagind(A, IndexStyle(A))]
+    return Ap
+end
+
 function full!(A::LowerTriangular)
     B = A.data
     tril!(B)
@@ -571,6 +582,8 @@ end
     return A
 end
 
+_triangularize(::UpperOrUnitUpperTriangular) = triu
+_triangularize(::LowerOrUnitLowerTriangular) = tril
 _triangularize!(::UpperOrUnitUpperTriangular) = triu!
 _triangularize!(::LowerOrUnitLowerTriangular) = tril!
 
@@ -880,7 +893,8 @@ function +(A::UnitLowerTriangular, B::UnitLowerTriangular)
     (parent(A) isa StridedMatrix || parent(B) isa StridedMatrix) && return A .+ B
     LowerTriangular(tril(A.data, -1) + tril(B.data, -1) + 2I)
 end
-+(A::AbstractTriangular, B::AbstractTriangular) = copyto!(similar(parent(A)), A) + copyto!(similar(parent(B)), B)
++(A::UpperOrLowerTriangular, B::UpperOrLowerTriangular) = full(A) + full(B)
++(A::AbstractTriangular, B::AbstractTriangular) = copyto!(similar(parent(A), size(A)), A) + copyto!(similar(parent(B), size(B)), B)
 
 function -(A::UpperTriangular, B::UpperTriangular)
     (parent(A) isa StridedMatrix || parent(B) isa StridedMatrix) && return A .- B
@@ -914,7 +928,8 @@ function -(A::UnitLowerTriangular, B::UnitLowerTriangular)
     (parent(A) isa StridedMatrix || parent(B) isa StridedMatrix) && return A .- B
     LowerTriangular(tril(A.data, -1) - tril(B.data, -1))
 end
--(A::AbstractTriangular, B::AbstractTriangular) = copyto!(similar(parent(A)), A) - copyto!(similar(parent(B)), B)
+-(A::UpperOrLowerTriangular, B::UpperOrLowerTriangular) = full(A) - full(B)
+-(A::AbstractTriangular, B::AbstractTriangular) = copyto!(similar(parent(A), size(A)), A) - copyto!(similar(parent(B), size(B)), B)
 
 function kron(A::UpperTriangular{T,<:StridedMaybeAdjOrTransMat}, B::UpperTriangular{S,<:StridedMaybeAdjOrTransMat}) where {T,S}
     C = UpperTriangular(Matrix{promote_op(*, T, S)}(undef, _kronsize(A, B)))
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/triangular.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/triangular.jl
index ec9a3079e2643..7acb3cbfc0c57 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/triangular.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/triangular.jl
@@ -1322,4 +1322,47 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "addition/subtraction of mixed triangular" begin
+    for A in (Hermitian(rand(4, 4)), Diagonal(rand(5)))
+        for T in (UpperTriangular, LowerTriangular,
+                UnitUpperTriangular, UnitLowerTriangular)
+            B = T(A)
+            M = Matrix(B)
+            R = B - B'
+            if A isa Diagonal
+                @test R isa Diagonal
+            end
+            @test R == M - M'
+            R = B + B'
+            if A isa Diagonal
+                @test R isa Diagonal
+            end
+            @test R == M + M'
+            C = MyTriangular(B)
+            @test C - C' == M - M'
+            @test C + C' == M + M'
+        end
+    end
+    @testset "unfilled parent" begin
+        @testset for T in (UpperTriangular, LowerTriangular,
+                UnitUpperTriangular, UnitLowerTriangular)
+            F = Matrix{BigFloat}(undef, 2, 2)
+            B = T(F)
+            isupper = B isa Union{UpperTriangular, UnitUpperTriangular}
+            B[1+!isupper, 1+isupper] = 2
+            if !(B isa Union{UnitUpperTriangular, UnitLowerTriangular})
+                B[1,1] = B[2,2] = 3
+            end
+            M = Matrix(B)
+            @test B - B' == M - M'
+            @test B + B' == M + M'
+            @test B - copy(B') == M - M'
+            @test B + copy(B') == M + M'
+            C = MyTriangular(B)
+            @test C - C' == M - M'
+            @test C + C' == M + M'
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 end # module TestTriangular