diff --git a/src/Arrays/matrix_operations.jl b/src/Arrays/matrix_operations.jl
index 9a90a9bf5d..af09b9b588 100644
--- a/src/Arrays/matrix_operations.jl
+++ b/src/Arrays/matrix_operations.jl
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const DEFAULT_COND_TOL = 1e6
 
 # rank of sparse matrix (see JuliaLang #30415)
 LinearAlgebra.rank(M::SparseMatrixCSC) = rank(qr(M))
+# rank of sparse submatrix (see #1497)
+LinearAlgebra.rank(M::SubArray{N, 2, <:SparseMatrixCSC}) where {N} =
+    rank(sparse(M))
 
 """
     issquare(M::AbstractMatrix)::Bool
diff --git a/test/unit_util.jl b/test/unit_util.jl
index 7c639c13a4..2be0a77669 100644
--- a/test/unit_util.jl
+++ b/test/unit_util.jl
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ for _dummy_ in 1:1 # avoid global variable warnings
     # diagonal matrix
     @test LazySets.isinvertible(Diagonal([2 0; 0 2]))
     @test !LazySets.isinvertible(Diagonal([2 0; 0 0]))
-    # diagonal matrices are always square
+
+    # matrix rank
+    A = sprandn(2, 10, 0.4)
+    @test rank(Matrix(A)) == rank(A) == rank(view(A, :, :))
 
     for N in [Float64, Rational{Int}, Float32]
         # substitution