diff --git a/include/xtensor-blas/xlapack.hpp b/include/xtensor-blas/xlapack.hpp
index b1743ae..e9d1660 100644
--- a/include/xtensor-blas/xlapack.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor-blas/xlapack.hpp
@@ -427,6 +427,54 @@ namespace lapack
         return info;
     }
 
+    template <class E1, class E2>
+    int potrs(E1& A, E2& b, char uplo = 'L')
+    {
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.dimension() == 2);
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.layout() == layout_type::column_major);
+
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(b.dimension() == 1);
+
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.shape()[0] == A.shape()[1]);
+
+      int info = cxxlapack::potrs<blas_index_t>(
+          uplo,
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(A.shape()[0]),
+          1,
+          A.data(),
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(A.shape()[0]),
+          b.data(),
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(b.shape()[0])
+      );
+
+      return info;
+    }
+
+    template <class E1, class E2>
+    int trtrs(E1& A, E2& b, char uplo = 'L', char trans = 'N', char diag = 'N')
+    {
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.dimension() == 2);
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.layout() == layout_type::column_major);
+
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(b.dimension() == 1);
+
+      XTENSOR_ASSERT(A.shape()[0] == A.shape()[1]);
+
+      int info = cxxlapack::trtrs<blas_index_t>(
+          uplo,
+          trans,
+          diag,
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(A.shape()[0]),
+          1,
+          A.data(),
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(A.shape()[0]),
+          b.data(),
+          static_cast<blas_index_t>(b.shape()[0])
+      );
+
+      return info;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Interface to LAPACK getri.
      *
diff --git a/include/xtensor-blas/xlinalg.hpp b/include/xtensor-blas/xlinalg.hpp
index 3cd6c6f..b6e9db7 100644
--- a/include/xtensor-blas/xlinalg.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor-blas/xlinalg.hpp
@@ -1253,6 +1253,50 @@ namespace linalg
         return M;
     }
 
+    /**
+    * Solves a system of linear equations M*X = B with a symmetric
+    * where M = A*A**T if uplo is L.
+    * Factorization of M can be computed with cholesky.
+    * @return solution X
+    */
+    template <class T, class D>
+    auto solve_cholesky(const xexpression<T>& A, const xexpression<D>& b)
+    {
+      assert_nd_square(A);
+      auto M = copy_to_layout<layout_type::column_major>(A.derived_cast());
+      auto p = copy_to_layout<layout_type::column_major>(b.derived_cast());
+
+      int info = lapack::potrs(M, p, 'L');
+
+      if (info > 0)
+      {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cholesky decomposition failed.");
+      }
+
+      return p;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Solves Ax = b, where A is a lower triangular matrix
+    * @return solution x
+    */
+    template <class T, class D>
+    auto solve_triangular(const xexpression<T>& A, const xexpression<D>& b)
+    {
+      assert_nd_square(A);
+      auto M = copy_to_layout<layout_type::column_major>(A.derived_cast());
+      auto p = copy_to_layout<layout_type::column_major>(b.derived_cast());
+
+      int info = lapack::trtrs(M, p, 'L', 'N');
+
+      if (info > 0)
+      {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cholesky decomposition failed.");
+      }
+
+      return p;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Compute the SVD decomposition of \em A.
      * @return tuple containing S, V, and D
diff --git a/test/test_lapack.cpp b/test/test_lapack.cpp
index 880be14..9fcea5a 100644
--- a/test/test_lapack.cpp
+++ b/test/test_lapack.cpp
@@ -147,4 +147,44 @@ namespace xt
         EXPECT_EQ(expected3, res3);
     }
 
+    TEST(xlapack, solveCholesky) {
+
+        xarray<double> A =
+          {{ 1.        ,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        },
+           { 0.44615865,  0.89495389,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        },
+           { 0.39541532,  0.24253783,  0.88590187,  0.        ,  0.        },
+           {-0.36681098, -0.26249522,  0.0338034 ,  0.89185386,  0.        },
+           { 0.0881614 ,  0.12356345,  0.19887529, -0.35996807,  0.89879433}};
+
+        xarray<double> b = {1, 1, 1, -1, -1};
+        auto x = linalg::solve_cholesky(A, b);
+
+        const xarray<double> x_expected = { 0.13757507429403265,  0.26609253571318064,  1.03715526610177222,
+                                            -1.3449222878385465 , -1.81183493755905478};
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < x_expected.shape()[0]; ++i) {
+          EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(x_expected[i], x[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    TEST(xlapack, solveTriangular) {
+
+        const xt::xtensor<double, 2> A =
+            {{ 1.        ,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        },
+             { 0.44615865,  0.89495389,  0.        ,  0.        ,  0.        },
+             { 0.39541532,  0.24253783,  0.88590187,  0.        ,  0.        },
+             {-0.36681098, -0.26249522,  0.0338034 ,  0.89185386,  0.        },
+             { 0.0881614 ,  0.12356345,  0.19887529, -0.35996807,  0.89879433}};
+
+        const xt::xtensor<double, 1> b = {0.38867999, 0.46467046, 0.39042938, -0.2736973, 0.20813322};
+        auto x = linalg::solve_triangular(A, b);
+
+        const xarray<double> x_expected = { 0.38867998999999998,  0.32544416381003327,  0.17813128230545805,
+                                            -0.05799057434472885,  0.08606304705465571};
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < x_expected.shape()[0]; ++i) {
+          EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(x_expected[i], x[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
 }