diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
index 161d6cae3..00cc54cdd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan.Filter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.FilterType;
+import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConfigurableConversionService;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -113,8 +115,9 @@ public class ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Bean(RoutingFunction.FUNCTION_NAME)
-	RoutingFunction functionRouter(FunctionCatalog functionCatalog, FunctionProperties functionProperties) {
-		return new RoutingFunction(functionCatalog, functionProperties);
+	RoutingFunction functionRouter(FunctionCatalog functionCatalog, FunctionProperties functionProperties,
+			BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		return new RoutingFunction(functionCatalog, functionProperties, new BeanFactoryResolver(beanFactory));
 	}
 
 	private boolean isConverterEligible(Object messageConverter) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunction.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunction.java
index b67b8d60e..7c8b77b31 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunction.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2019-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.FunctionCatalog;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.FunctionProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.catalog.SimpleFunctionRegistry.FunctionInvocationWrapper;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.MapAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.BeanResolver;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
@@ -63,9 +64,15 @@ public class RoutingFunction implements Function<Object, Object> {
 	private final FunctionProperties functionProperties;
 
 	public RoutingFunction(FunctionCatalog functionCatalog, FunctionProperties functionProperties) {
+		this(functionCatalog, functionProperties, null);
+	}
+
+	public RoutingFunction(FunctionCatalog functionCatalog, FunctionProperties functionProperties,
+			BeanResolver beanResolver) {
 		this.functionCatalog = functionCatalog;
 		this.functionProperties = functionProperties;
 		this.evalContext.addPropertyAccessor(new MapAccessor());
+		evalContext.setBeanResolver(beanResolver);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunctionTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunctionTests.java
index 8a71e9663..cb9267b91 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunctionTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/RoutingFunctionTests.java
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ public class RoutingFunctionTests {
 		assertThat(function.apply(message)).isEqualTo("olleh");
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+	@Test
+	public void testInvocationWithRoutingBeanExpression() {
+		System.setProperty(FunctionProperties.PREFIX + ".routing-expression", "@reverse.apply(#root.getHeaders().get('func'))");
+		FunctionCatalog functionCatalog = this.configureCatalog();
+		Function function = functionCatalog.lookup(RoutingFunction.FUNCTION_NAME);
+		assertThat(function).isNotNull();
+		Message<String> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("hello").setHeader("func", "esacreppu").build();
+		assertThat(function.apply(message)).isEqualTo("HELLO");
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
 	@Test
 	public void testOtherExpectedFailures() {