diff --git a/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/ExpressionVerifier.java b/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/ExpressionVerifier.java
index 00fa3d9f9c04..b3acc4d8f8d7 100644
--- a/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/ExpressionVerifier.java
+++ b/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/ExpressionVerifier.java
@@ -176,9 +176,8 @@ protected Boolean visitComparisonExpression(ComparisonExpression actual, Node ex
     {
         if (expectedExpression instanceof ComparisonExpression) {
             ComparisonExpression expected = (ComparisonExpression) expectedExpression;
-            if (actual.getOperator() == expected.getOperator()) {
-                return process(actual.getLeft(), expected.getLeft()) && process(actual.getRight(), expected.getRight());
-            }
+            return (actual.getOperator() == expected.getOperator() && process(actual.getLeft(), expected.getLeft()) && process(actual.getRight(), expected.getRight())) ||
+                    (actual.getOperator() == expected.getOperator().flip() && process(actual.getLeft(), expected.getRight()) && process(actual.getRight(), expected.getLeft()));
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/TestExpressionVerifier.java b/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/TestExpressionVerifier.java
index e0589ebdf69a..2656013b6070 100644
--- a/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/TestExpressionVerifier.java
+++ b/presto-main/src/test/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/assertions/TestExpressionVerifier.java
@@ -76,6 +76,51 @@ public void testBetween()
         assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("orderkey BETWEEN 1 AND 2"), expression("X BETWEEN 4 AND 7")));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSymmetry()
+    {
+        SymbolAliases symbolAliases = SymbolAliases.builder()
+                .put("a", new SymbolReference("x"))
+                .put("b", new SymbolReference("y"))
+                .build();
+
+        ExpressionVerifier verifier = new ExpressionVerifier(symbolAliases);
+
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x > y"), expression("a > b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x > y"), expression("b < a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y < x"), expression("a > b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y < x"), expression("b < a")));
+
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("x < y"), expression("a > b")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("x < y"), expression("b < a")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("y > x"), expression("a > b")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("y > x"), expression("b < a")));
+
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x >= y"), expression("a >= b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x >= y"), expression("b <= a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y <= x"), expression("a >= b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y <= x"), expression("b <= a")));
+
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("x <= y"), expression("a >= b")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("x <= y"), expression("b <= a")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("y >= x"), expression("a >= b")));
+        assertFalse(verifier.process(expression("y >= x"), expression("b <= a")));
+
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x = y"), expression("a = b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x = y"), expression("b = a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y = x"), expression("a = b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y = x"), expression("b = a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x <> y"), expression("a <> b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x <> y"), expression("b <> a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y <> x"), expression("a <> b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y <> x"), expression("b <> a")));
+
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x IS DISTINCT FROM y"), expression("a IS DISTINCT FROM b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("x IS DISTINCT FROM y"), expression("b IS DISTINCT FROM a")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y IS DISTINCT FROM x"), expression("a IS DISTINCT FROM b")));
+        assertTrue(verifier.process(expression("y IS DISTINCT FROM x"), expression("b IS DISTINCT FROM a")));
+    }
+
     private Expression expression(String sql)
     {
         return rewriteIdentifiersToSymbolReferences(parser.createExpression(sql));