diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 81d667c4db..f1ecc2e4fe 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ julia = "1"
 Missings = ">= 0.2.3"
 CategoricalArrays = ">= 0.5.4"
 StatsBase = ">= 0.11.0"
-Compat = ">= 0.59.0"
+Compat = "2.0.0"
 Tables = ">= 0.2.3"
 IteratorInterfaceExtensions = "0.1.1, 1"
 TableTraits = "0.4, 1"
diff --git a/src/DataFrames.jl b/src/DataFrames.jl
index 7366d974f1..8dbd2034a8 100644
--- a/src/DataFrames.jl
+++ b/src/DataFrames.jl
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export AbstractDataFrame,
        rename,
        select,
        select!,
-       showcols,
        stack,
        stackdf,
        unique!,
@@ -67,6 +66,10 @@ else
     export eachcol, eachrow
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"1.2"
+    export hasproperty
+end
+
 ##############################################################################
 ##
 ## Load files
diff --git a/src/abstractdataframe/abstractdataframe.jl b/src/abstractdataframe/abstractdataframe.jl
index 1ecb7f0569..8d2a611276 100644
--- a/src/abstractdataframe/abstractdataframe.jl
+++ b/src/abstractdataframe/abstractdataframe.jl
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ abstract type AbstractDataFrame end
 Base.names(df::AbstractDataFrame) = names(index(df))
 _names(df::AbstractDataFrame) = _names(index(df))
 
+Compat.hasproperty(df::AbstractDataFrame, s::Symbol) = haskey(index(df), s)
+
 """
 Set column names
 
@@ -1137,7 +1139,7 @@ function _vcat(dfs::AbstractVector{<:AbstractDataFrame};
     all_cols = Vector{AbstractVector}(undef, length(header))
     for (i, name) in enumerate(header)
         newcols = map(dfs) do df
-            if haskey(index(df), name)
+            if hasproperty(df, name)
                 return df[name]
             else
                 Iterators.repeated(missing, nrow(df))
diff --git a/src/abstractdataframe/join.jl b/src/abstractdataframe/join.jl
index f73ecc1f6e..aebb6691ef 100644
--- a/src/abstractdataframe/join.jl
+++ b/src/abstractdataframe/join.jl
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ function Base.join(df1::AbstractDataFrame,
     if indicator !== nothing
         indicator_cols = ["_left", "_right"]
         for i in 1:2
-            while (haskey(index(df1), Symbol(indicator_cols[i])) ||
-                   haskey(index(df2), Symbol(indicator_cols[i])) ||
+            while (hasproperty(df1, Symbol(indicator_cols[i])) ||
+                   hasproperty(df2, Symbol(indicator_cols[i])) ||
                    Symbol(indicator_cols[i]) == indicator)
                  indicator_cols[i] *= 'X'
             end
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ function Base.join(df1::AbstractDataFrame,
         indicatorcol = CategoricalArray{String,1}(refs, CategoricalPool{String,UInt8}(["left_only", "right_only", "both"]))
         unique_indicator = indicator
         try_idx = 0
-        while haskey(index(joined), unique_indicator)
+        while hasproperty(joined, unique_indicator)
             try_idx += 1
             unique_indicator = Symbol(string(indicator, "_", try_idx))
         end
diff --git a/src/dataframe/dataframe.jl b/src/dataframe/dataframe.jl
index c8d03d4e4f..402c0575b0 100644
--- a/src/dataframe/dataframe.jl
+++ b/src/dataframe/dataframe.jl
@@ -395,11 +395,11 @@ end
 
 function nextcolname(df::DataFrame)
     col = Symbol(string("x", ncol(df) + 1))
-    haskey(index(df), col) || return col
+    hasproperty(df, col) || return col
     i = 1
     while true
         col = Symbol(string("x", ncol(df) + 1, "_", i))
-        haskey(index(df), col) || return col
+        hasproperty(df, col) || return col
         i += 1
     end
 end
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ function insert_single_column!(df::DataFrame,
         j = index(df)[col_ind]
         _columns(df)[j] = dv
     else
-        if typeof(col_ind) <: Symbol
+        if col_ind isa Symbol
             push!(index(df), col_ind)
             push!(_columns(df), dv)
         else
@@ -778,14 +778,14 @@ function insertcols!(df::DataFrame, col_ind::Int, name_col::Pair{Symbol, <:Abstr
     0 < col_ind <= ncol(df) + 1 || throw(BoundsError())
     size(df, 1) == length(item) || size(df, 2) == 0 || error("number of rows does not match")
 
-    if haskey(index(df), name)
+    if hasproperty(df, name)
         if makeunique
             k = 1
             while true
                 # we only make sure that new column name is unique
                 # if df originally had duplicates in names we do not fix it
                 nn = Symbol("$(name)_$k")
-                if !haskey(index(df), nn)
+                if !hasproperty(df, nn)
                     name = nn
                     break
                 end
diff --git a/src/dataframerow/dataframerow.jl b/src/dataframerow/dataframerow.jl
index f408425990..8b4549555a 100644
--- a/src/dataframerow/dataframerow.jl
+++ b/src/dataframerow/dataframerow.jl
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Base.haskey(r::DataFrameRow, key::Bool) =
     throw(ArgumentError("invalid key: $key of type Bool"))
 Base.haskey(r::DataFrameRow, key::Integer) = 1 ≤ key ≤ size(r, 1)
 function Base.haskey(r::DataFrameRow, key::Symbol)
-    haskey(parent(r), key) || return false
+    hasproperty(parent(r), key) || return false
     index(r) isa Index && return true
     # here index(r) is a SubIndex
     pos = index(parent(r))[key]
diff --git a/src/deprecated.jl b/src/deprecated.jl
index b25cc25bef..cd346aef50 100644
--- a/src/deprecated.jl
+++ b/src/deprecated.jl
@@ -1399,7 +1399,9 @@ import Base: get
 @deprecate get(df::AbstractDataFrame, key::Any, default::Any) key in names(df) ? df[key] : default
 
 import Base: haskey
-@deprecate haskey(df::AbstractDataFrame, key::Any) key in names(df)
+@deprecate haskey(df::AbstractDataFrame, key::Symbol) hasproperty(df, key)
+@deprecate haskey(df::AbstractDataFrame, key::Integer) key in 1:ncol(df)
+@deprecate haskey(df::AbstractDataFrame, key::Any) key in 1:ncol(df) || key in names(df)
 
 import Base: empty!
-@deprecate empty!(df::DataFrame) deletecols!(df, 1:ncol(df))
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+@deprecate empty!(df::DataFrame) deletecols!(df, 1:ncol(df))
diff --git a/src/other/broadcasting.jl b/src/other/broadcasting.jl
index 920924cebf..f9bff03f3c 100644
--- a/src/other/broadcasting.jl
+++ b/src/other/broadcasting.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function Base.maybeview(df::AbstractDataFrame, idxs)
         throw(ArgumentError("Broadcasting into a data frame with no columns is not allowed"))
     end
     if idxs isa Symbol
-        if !haskey(index(df), idxs)
+        if !hasproperty(df, idxs)
             if !(df isa DataFrame)
                 # this will throw an appropriate error message
                 df[idxs]
diff --git a/test/dataframe.jl b/test/dataframe.jl
index 2107279f1d..f331bda189 100644
--- a/test/dataframe.jl
+++ b/test/dataframe.jl
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ end
     @test size(similar(df, 2)) == size(missingdf)
 end
 
+@testset "hasproperty" begin
+    df = DataFrame(a=[1, 2])
+    @test hasproperty(df, :a)
+    @test !hasproperty(df, :c)
+    @test_throws MethodError hasproperty(df, 1)
+    @test_throws MethodError hasproperty(df, 1.5)
+    @test_throws MethodError hasproperty(df, true)
+end
+
 @testset "insertcols!" begin
     df = DataFrame(a=Union{Int, Missing}[1, 2], b=Union{Float64, Missing}[3.0, 4.0])
     @test_throws BoundsError insertcols!(df, 5, :newcol => ["a", "b"], )
diff --git a/test/deprecated.jl b/test/deprecated.jl
index ad7f8c28ef..69d493710d 100644
--- a/test/deprecated.jl
+++ b/test/deprecated.jl
@@ -215,4 +215,15 @@ end
     @test isempty(DataFrame(a=[], b=[]))
 end
 
+@testset "haskey" begin
+    df = DataFrame(x=1:3)
+    @test haskey(df, 1)
+    @test !haskey(DataFrame(), 1)
+    @test !haskey(df, 2)
+    @test !haskey(df, 0)
+    @test haskey(df, :x)
+    @test !haskey(df, :a)
+    @test !haskey(df, "a")
+end
+
 end # module
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