diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 517aeb9f..ea73e8f5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "GLM"
 uuid = "38e38edf-8417-5370-95a0-9cbb8c7f171a"
-version = "1.5.1"
+version = "1.6.0"
 
 [deps]
 Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
diff --git a/src/GLM.jl b/src/GLM.jl
index 5421647e..768d9613 100644
--- a/src/GLM.jl
+++ b/src/GLM.jl
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ module GLM
                       fitted, fit, model_response, response, modelmatrix, r2, r², adjr2, adjr², PValue
     import StatsFuns: xlogy
     import SpecialFunctions: erfc, erfcinv, digamma, trigamma
+    import StatsModels: hasintercept
     export coef, coeftable, confint, deviance, nulldeviance, dof, dof_residual,
            loglikelihood, nullloglikelihood, nobs, stderror, vcov, residuals, predict,
            fitted, fit, fit!, model_response, response, modelmatrix, r2, r², adjr2, adjr², 
-           cooksdistance
+           cooksdistance, hasintercept
 
     export
         # types
diff --git a/src/ftest.jl b/src/ftest.jl
index c039a92e..c1719877 100644
--- a/src/ftest.jl
+++ b/src/ftest.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+struct SingleFTestResult
+    nobs::Int
+    dof::Int
+    fstat::Float64
+    pval::Float64
+end
+
 mutable struct FTestResult{N}
     nobs::Int
     ssr::NTuple{N, Float64}
@@ -28,6 +35,37 @@ _diffn(t::NTuple{N, T}) where {N, T} = ntuple(i->t[i]-t[i+1], N-1)
 
 _diff(t::NTuple{N, T}) where {N, T} = ntuple(i->t[i+1]-t[i], N-1)
 
+"""
+    ftest(mod::LinearModel)
+
+Perform an F-test to determine whether model `mod` fits significantly better
+than the null model (i.e. which includes only the intercept).
+
+```jldoctest
+julia> dat = DataFrame(Result=[1.1, 1.2, 1, 2.2, 1.9, 2, 0.9, 1, 1, 2.2, 2, 2],
+                       Treatment=[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2]);
+
+julia> model = lm(@formula(Result ~ 1 + Treatment), dat);
+
+julia> ftest(model.model)
+F-test against the null model:
+F-statistic: 241.62 on 12 observations and 1 degrees of freedom, p-value: <1e-07
+```
+"""
+function ftest(mod::LinearModel)
+    hasintercept(mod) || throw(ArgumentError("ftest only works for models with an intercept"))
+
+    rss = deviance(mod)
+    tss = nulldeviance(mod)
+
+    n = Int(nobs(mod))
+    p = dof(mod) - 2 # -2 for intercept and dispersion parameter
+    fstat = ((tss - rss) / rss) * ((n - p - 1) / p)
+    fdist = FDist(p, dof_residual(mod))
+
+    SingleFTestResult(n, p, promote(fstat, ccdf(fdist, abs(fstat)))...)
+end
+
 """
     ftest(mod::LinearModel...; atol::Real=0.0)
 
@@ -85,9 +123,6 @@ F-test: 3 models fitted on 12 observations
 ```
 """
 function ftest(mods::LinearModel...; atol::Real=0.0)
-    if length(mods) < 2
-        Base.depwarn("Passing less than two models to ftest is deprecated", :ftest)
-    end
     if !all(==(nobs(mods[1])), nobs.(mods))
         throw(ArgumentError("F test is only valid for models fitted on the same data, " *
                             "but number of observations differ"))
@@ -127,6 +162,12 @@ function ftest(mods::LinearModel...; atol::Real=0.0)
     return FTestResult(Int(nobs(mods[1])), SSR, df, r2.(mods), fstat, pval)
 end
 
+function show(io::IO, ftr::SingleFTestResult)
+    print(io, "F-test against the null model:\nF-statistic: ", StatsBase.TestStat(ftr.fstat), " ")
+    print(io, "on ", ftr.nobs, " observations and ", ftr.dof, " degrees of freedom, ")
+    print(io, "p-value: ", PValue(ftr.pval))
+end
+
 function show(io::IO, ftr::FTestResult{N}) where N
     Δdof = _diff(ftr.dof)
     Δssr = _diff(ftr.ssr)
diff --git a/src/linpred.jl b/src/linpred.jl
index 7adecf94..412a71c9 100644
--- a/src/linpred.jl
+++ b/src/linpred.jl
@@ -255,3 +255,5 @@ coef(x::LinPred) = x.beta0
 coef(obj::LinPredModel) = coef(obj.pp)
 
 dof_residual(obj::LinPredModel) = nobs(obj) - dof(obj) + 1
+
+hasintercept(m::LinPredModel) = any(i -> all(==(1), view(m.pp.X , :, i)), 1:size(m.pp.X, 2))
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 3dcda77d..47c1682d 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -643,7 +643,62 @@ end
     @test preds_delta.upper .-  preds_delta.lower ≈ 2 .* 1.96 .* R_glm_se atol=1e-3
     @test_throws ArgumentError predict(gm, newX, interval=:confidence, interval_method=:undefined_method)
     @test_throws ArgumentError predict(gm, newX, interval=:undefined)
-end 
+end
+
+@testset "F test comparing to null model" begin
+    d = DataFrame(Treatment=[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2.],
+                  Result=[1.1, 1.2, 1, 2.2, 1.9, 2, .9, 1, 1, 2.2, 2, 2],
+                  Other=categorical([1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1]))
+    mod = lm(@formula(Result~Treatment), d).model
+    othermod = lm(@formula(Result~Other), d).model
+    nullmod = lm(@formula(Result~1), d).model
+    bothmod = lm(@formula(Result~Other+Treatment), d).model
+    nointerceptmod = lm(reshape(d.Treatment, :, 1), d.Result)
+
+    ft1 = ftest(mod)
+    ft1base = ftest(nullmod, mod)
+    @test ft1.nobs == ft1base.nobs
+    @test ft1.dof ≈ dof(mod) - dof(nullmod)
+    @test ft1.fstat ≈ ft1base.fstat[2]
+    @test ft1.pval ≈ ft1base.pval[2]
+    if VERSION >= v"1.6.0"
+        @test sprint(show, ft1) == """
+            F-test against the null model:
+            F-statistic: 241.62 on 12 observations and 1 degrees of freedom, p-value: <1e-07"""
+    else
+        @test sprint(show, ft1) == """
+            F-test against the null model:
+            F-statistic: 241.62 on 12 observations and 1 degrees of freedom, p-value: <1e-7"""
+    end
+
+    ft2 = ftest(othermod)
+    ft2base = ftest(nullmod, othermod)
+    @test ft2.nobs == ft2base.nobs
+    @test ft2.dof ≈ dof(othermod) - dof(nullmod)
+    @test ft2.fstat ≈ ft2base.fstat[2]
+    @test ft2.pval ≈ ft2base.pval[2]
+    @test sprint(show, ft2) == """
+        F-test against the null model:
+        F-statistic: 1.12 on 12 observations and 2 degrees of freedom, p-value: 0.3690"""
+
+    ft3 = ftest(bothmod)
+    ft3base = ftest(nullmod, bothmod)
+    @test ft3.nobs == ft3base.nobs
+    @test ft3.dof ≈ dof(bothmod) - dof(nullmod)
+    @test ft3.fstat ≈ ft3base.fstat[2]
+    @test ft3.pval ≈ ft3base.pval[2]
+    if VERSION >= v"1.6.0"
+        @test sprint(show, ft3) == """
+            F-test against the null model:
+            F-statistic: 81.97 on 12 observations and 3 degrees of freedom, p-value: <1e-05"""
+    else
+        @test sprint(show, ft3) == """
+            F-test against the null model:
+            F-statistic: 81.97 on 12 observations and 3 degrees of freedom, p-value: <1e-5"""
+    end
+
+    @test_throws ArgumentError ftest(nointerceptmod)
+end
 
 @testset "F test for model comparison" begin
     d = DataFrame(Treatment=[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2.],
@@ -895,3 +950,22 @@ end
     @test hash(NegativeBinomialLink(0.3)) == hash(NegativeBinomialLink(0.3))
     @test hash(NegativeBinomialLink(0.31)) != hash(NegativeBinomialLink(0.3))
 end
+
+@testset "hasintercept" begin
+    d = DataFrame(Treatment=[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2.],
+                  Result=[1.1, 1.2, 1, 2.2, 1.9, 2, .9, 1, 1, 2.2, 2, 2],
+                  Other=categorical([1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1]))
+
+    mod = lm(@formula(Result~Treatment), d).model
+    @test hasintercept(mod)
+
+    nullmod = lm(@formula(Result~1), d).model
+    @test hasintercept(nullmod)
+
+    nointerceptmod = lm(reshape(d.Treatment, :, 1), d.Result)
+    @test !hasintercept(nointerceptmod)
+
+    rng = StableRNG(1234321)
+    secondcolinterceptmod = glm([randn(rng, 5) ones(5)], ones(5), Binomial(), LogitLink())
+    @test hasintercept(secondcolinterceptmod)
+end