diff --git a/test/matmul.jl b/test/matmul.jl
index 5e60992..805edea 100644
--- a/test/matmul.jl
+++ b/test/matmul.jl
@@ -1149,18 +1149,22 @@ end
 end
 
 @testset "issue #1147: error messages in matmul" begin
-    @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" zeros(0,0) * zeros(1,5)
-    @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" zeros(0,0) * zeros(1)
-    @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" zeros(0) * zeros(2,5)
-    @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" mul!(zeros(0,0), zeros(5), zeros(5))
-    @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" mul!(zeros(0,0), zeros(1,5), zeros(0,0))
-    @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(0,2), zeros(1,5), zeros(5,2))
-    @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(1,0), zeros(1,5), zeros(5,2))
-    @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(0,0), zeros(1,5), zeros(5))
-    @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(0), zeros(1,5), zeros(5))
-
-    @test_throws "expected size: (2, 2)" LinearAlgebra.matmul2x2!(zeros(2,2), 'N', 'N', zeros(2,3), zeros(3,2))
-    @test_throws "expected size: (2, 2)" LinearAlgebra.matmul2x2!(zeros(2,3), 'N', 'N', zeros(2,2), zeros(2,3))
+    for T in (Int, Float64, ComplexF64)
+        for f in (identity, Symmetric)
+            @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" f(zeros(T,0,0)) * zeros(T,1,5)
+            @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" f(zeros(T,0,0)) * zeros(T,1)
+            @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" zeros(T,0) * f(zeros(T,2,2))
+            @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" mul!(zeros(T,0,0), zeros(T,5), zeros(T,5))
+            @test_throws "incompatible dimensions for matrix multiplication" mul!(zeros(T,0,0), f(zeros(T,1,1)), zeros(T,0,0))
+            @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(T,0,2), f(zeros(T,1,1)), zeros(T,1,2))
+            @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(T,1,0), f(zeros(T,1,1)), zeros(T,1,2))
+            @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(T,0,0), f(zeros(T,1,1)), zeros(T,1))
+            @test_throws "incompatible destination size" mul!(zeros(T,0), f(zeros(T,1,1)), zeros(T,1))
+        end
+
+        @test_throws "expected size: (2, 2)" LinearAlgebra.matmul2x2!(zeros(T,2,2), 'N', 'N', zeros(T,2,3), zeros(T,3,2))
+        @test_throws "expected size: (2, 2)" LinearAlgebra.matmul2x2!(zeros(T,2,3), 'N', 'N', zeros(T,2,2), zeros(T,2,3))
+    end
 end
 
 end # module TestMatmul