diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
index 335fa31068..3a3ec81cf4 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Description
 #include "fixedValueFvPatchFields.H"
 #include "distributedTriSurfaceMesh.H"
 #include "cyclicAMIPolyPatch.H"
+#include "symmetryPolyPatch.H"
+#include "symmetryPlanePolyPatch.H"
 #include "wedgePolyPatch.H"
 #include "meshTools.H"
 #include "uindirectPrimitivePatch.H"
@@ -254,11 +256,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     forAll(patches, patchi)
     {
         const polyPatch& pp = patches[patchi];
-        if (isA<cyclicTransform>(pp) || isA<wedgePolyPatch>(pp))
+        if
+        (
+            isA<cyclicTransform>(pp)
+         || isA<symmetryPolyPatch>(pp)
+         || isA<symmetryPlanePolyPatch>(pp)
+         || isA<wedgePolyPatch>(pp)
+        )
         {
             FatalErrorIn(args.executable()) << args.executable()
-                << " does not currently support transforming patches, "
-                   "cyclic and wedge."
+                << " does not currently support transforming patches: "
+                   "cyclic, symmetry and wedge."
                 << exit(FatalError);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/radiationModels/radiationModels/fvDOM/fvDOM.C b/src/radiationModels/radiationModels/fvDOM/fvDOM.C
index f5e958cbab..c47875c1b3 100644
--- a/src/radiationModels/radiationModels/fvDOM/fvDOM.C
+++ b/src/radiationModels/radiationModels/fvDOM/fvDOM.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2019 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2020 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ License
 #include "scatterModel.H"
 #include "constants.H"
 #include "fvm.H"
+#include "wedgePolyPatch.H"
 #include "addToRunTimeSelectionTable.H"
 
 using namespace Foam::constant;
@@ -49,6 +50,25 @@ namespace radiationModels
 
 void Foam::radiationModels::fvDOM::initialise()
 {
+    forAll(mesh_.boundaryMesh(), patchi)
+    {
+        const polyPatch& pp = mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchi];
+        if
+        (
+            (
+                isA<cyclicTransform>(pp)
+             && refCast<const cyclicTransform>(pp).transform().rotates()
+            )
+         || isA<wedgePolyPatch>(pp)
+        )
+        {
+            FatalErrorInFunction << type()
+                << " radiation model does not currently support"
+                   " rotationally transforming patches: cyclic and wedge."
+                << exit(FatalError);
+        }
+    }
+
     // 3D
     if (mesh_.nSolutionD() == 3)
     {