diff --git a/src/FSharp/Fit.fs b/src/FSharp/Fit.fs
index 9aec4a93..40450cce 100644
--- a/src/FSharp/Fit.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp/Fit.fs
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ module Fit =
     /// returning a function y' for the best fitting line.
     let lineFunc x y = Fit.LineFunc(x,y) |> tofs
 
+    /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line y : x -> b*x,
+    /// returning its best fitting parameter b.
+    let lineThroughOrigin x y = Fit.LineThroughOrigin(x,y)
+
+    /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line y : x -> b*x,
+    /// returning a function y' for the best fitting line.
+    let lineThroughOriginFunc x y = Fit.LineThroughOriginFunc(x,y) |> tofs
+
     /// Least-Squares fitting the points ((x0,x1,...,xk),y) to a linear surface y : X -> p0*x0 + p1*x1 + ... + pk*xk,
     /// returning its best fitting parameters as [p0, p1, p2, ..., pk] array.
     let multiDim intercept x y = Fit.MultiDim(x,y,intercept)
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Fit.cs b/src/Numerics/Fit.cs
index a07b668c..28805816 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Fit.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Fit.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
 // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Math.NET
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 Math.NET
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
             return z => intercept + slope*z;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line through origin y : x -> b*x,
+        /// returning its best fitting parameter b,
+        /// where the intercept is zero and b the slope.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static double LineThroughOrigin(double[] x, double[] y)
+        {
+            return SimpleRegression.FitThroughOrigin(x, y);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line through origin y : x -> b*x,
+        /// returning a function y' for the best fitting line.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Func<double, double> LineThroughOriginFunc(double[] x, double[] y)
+        {
+            double slope = SimpleRegression.FitThroughOrigin(x, y);
+            return z => slope * z;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Least-Squares fitting the points (X,y) = ((x0,x1,..,xk),y) to a linear surface y : X -> p0*x0 + p1*x1 + ... + pk*xk,
         /// returning its best fitting parameters as [p0, p1, p2, ..., pk] array.
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearRegression/SimpleRegression.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearRegression/SimpleRegression.cs
index f3c6d162..16c72e48 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearRegression/SimpleRegression.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearRegression/SimpleRegression.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
 // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Math.NET
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 Math.NET
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -91,5 +91,56 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearRegression
             var xy = samples.UnpackSinglePass();
             return Fit(xy.Item1, xy.Item2);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line y : x -> b*x,
+        /// returning its best fitting parameter b,
+        /// where the intercept is zero and b the slope.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="x">Predictor (independent)</param>
+        /// <param name="y">Response (dependent)</param>
+        public static double FitThroughOrigin(double[] x, double[] y)
+        {
+            if (x.Length != y.Length)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(Resources.SampleVectorsSameLength, x.Length, y.Length));
+            }
+
+            if (x.Length <= 1)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(Resources.RegressionNotEnoughSamples, 2, x.Length));
+            }
+
+            double mxy = 0.0;
+            double mxx = 0.0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++)
+            {
+                mxx += x[i]*x[i];
+                mxy += x[i]*y[i];
+            }
+
+            return mxy / mxx;
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Least-Squares fitting the points (x,y) to a line y : x -> b*x,
+        /// returning its best fitting parameter b,
+        /// where the intercept is zero and b the slope.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="samples">Predictor-Response samples as tuples</param>
+        public static double FitThroughOrigin(IEnumerable<Tuple<double, double>> samples)
+        {
+            double mxy = 0.0;
+            double mxx = 0.0;
+
+            foreach (var sample in samples)
+            {
+                mxx += sample.Item1 * sample.Item1;
+                mxy += sample.Item1 * sample.Item2;
+            }
+
+            return mxy / mxx;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/FitTests.cs b/src/UnitTests/FitTests.cs
index e365a813..0a1b7808 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/FitTests.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/FitTests.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
 // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Math.NET
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 Math.NET
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+
+using MathNet.Numerics.LinearRegression;
 using MathNet.Numerics.Statistics;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
@@ -74,6 +76,28 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void FitsToBestLineThroughOrigin()
+        {
+            // Mathematica: Fit[{{1,4.986},{2,2.347},{3,2.061},{4,-2.995},{5,-2.352},{6,-5.782}}, {x}, x]
+            // -> -0.467791 x
+
+            var x = Enumerable.Range(1, 6).Select(Convert.ToDouble).ToArray();
+            var y = new[] { 4.986, 2.347, 2.061, -2.995, -2.352, -5.782 };
+
+            var resp = Fit.LineThroughOrigin(x, y);
+            Assert.AreEqual(-0.467791, resp, 1e-4);
+
+            var resf = Fit.LineThroughOriginFunc(x, y);
+            foreach (var z in Enumerable.Range(-3, 10))
+            {
+                Assert.AreEqual(-0.467791 * z, resf(z), 1e-4);
+            }
+
+            var respSeq = SimpleRegression.FitThroughOrigin(Generate.Map2(x, y, Tuple.Create));
+            Assert.AreEqual(-0.467791, respSeq, 1e-4);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void FitsToMeanOnOrder0Polynomial()
         {