diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionCreatorConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionCreatorConfiguration.java
index 52494cf37..f31298d8a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionCreatorConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionCreatorConfiguration.java
@@ -244,11 +244,24 @@ class FunctionCreatorConfiguration {
 		private String defaultMain;
 
 		public BeanCreator(URL[] urls) {
-			functionClassLoader = new BeanCreatorClassLoader(expand(urls),
-					getClass().getClassLoader().getParent());
+			functionClassLoader = new BeanCreatorClassLoader(expand(urls), getParent());
 			this.defaultMain = findMain(urls);
 		}
 
+		private ClassLoader getParent() {
+			ClassLoader loader = getClass().getClassLoader().getParent();
+			ClassLoader parent = loader;
+			while (loader.getParent() != null) {
+				// If launched from a fat jar with spring.factories skip this parent level
+				// (which was added by the JarLauncher).
+				if (loader.getResource("META-INF/spring.factories") != null) {
+					parent = loader.getParent();
+				}
+				loader = loader.getParent();
+			}
+			return parent;
+		}
+
 		private String findMain(URL[] urls) {
 			for (URL url : urls) {
 				try {