diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa22805c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>function.example</groupId>
+	<artifactId>simplestjar</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<name>simplestjar</name>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/src/main/java/function/example/UpperCaseFunction.java b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/src/main/java/function/example/UpperCaseFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..859a54a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/it/simplestjar/src/main/java/function/example/UpperCaseFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package function.example;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class UpperCaseFunction implements Function<String, String> {
+
+	@Override
+	public String apply(String value) {
+		System.out.println("Uppercasing " + value);
+		return value.toUpperCase();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionArchiveDeployer.java b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionArchiveDeployer.java
index 0fc5f21c1..635a48bc2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionArchiveDeployer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionArchiveDeployer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ class FunctionArchiveDeployer extends JarLauncher {
 		ClassLoader currentLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
 		try {
-			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(createClassLoader(getClassPathArchives()));
+			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(createClassLoader(discoverClassPathAcrhives()));
 			evalContext.setTypeLocator(new StandardTypeLocator(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()));
 
 			if (this.isBootApplicationWithMain()) {
@@ -193,6 +194,14 @@ class FunctionArchiveDeployer extends JarLauncher {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private List<Archive> discoverClassPathAcrhives() throws Exception {
+		List<Archive> classPathArchives = getClassPathArchives();
+		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(classPathArchives)) {
+			classPathArchives.add(this.getArchive());
+		}
+		return classPathArchives;
+	}
+
 	private FunctionRegistration<?> discovereAndLoadFunctionFromClassName(String functionClassName) throws Exception {
 		FunctionRegistration<?> functionRegistration = null;
 		AtomicReference<Type> typeRef = new AtomicReference<>();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionDeployerTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionDeployerTests.java
index 7a80a34e3..a012799e7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionDeployerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-deployer-new/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/deployer/FunctionDeployerTests.java
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ public class FunctionDeployerTests {
 		assertThat(results.get(1)).isEqualTo("STACY");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testWithSimplestJar() throws Exception {
+		String[] args = new String[] {
+				"--spring.cloud.function.location=target/it/simplestjar/target/simplestjar-0.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar",
+				"--spring.cloud.function.function-class=function.example.UpperCaseFunction" };
+
+		ApplicationContext context = SpringApplication.run(DeployerApplication.class, args);
+		FunctionCatalog catalog = context.getBean(FunctionCatalog.class);
+		Function<String, String> function = catalog.lookup("upperCaseFunction");
+
+		assertThat(function.apply("bob")).isEqualTo("BOB");
+		assertThat(function.apply("stacy")).isEqualTo("STACY");
+
+		Function<Flux<String>, Flux<String>> functionAsFlux = catalog.lookup("upperCaseFunction");
+
+		List<String> results = functionAsFlux.apply(Flux.just("bob", "stacy")).collectList().block();
+		assertThat(results.get(0)).isEqualTo("BOB");
+		assertThat(results.get(1)).isEqualTo("STACY");
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Target function `class UpperCaseFunction implements Function<String, String>`
 	 * No Main/Start class present, no Spring configuration