diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionTypeUtils.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionTypeUtils.java
index be0b9264e..4b1db374d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionTypeUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionTypeUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import net.jodah.typetools.TypeResolver;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
+
+
 /**
  * Set of utility operations to interrogate function definitions.
  *
@@ -82,13 +85,17 @@ public final class FunctionTypeUtils {
 		}
 		type = getGenericType(type);
 		Class<?> rawType = type instanceof ParameterizedType ? getRawType(type) : (Class<?>) type;
-		return Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType);
+		return Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType) || JsonNode.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType);
 	}
 
 	public static boolean isTypeArray(Type type) {
 		return getRawType(type).isArray();
 	}
 
+	public static boolean isJsonNode(Type type) {
+		return getRawType(type).isArray();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A convenience method identical to {@link #getImmediateGenericType(Type, int)}
 	 * for cases when provided 'type' is {@link Publisher} or {@link Message}.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
index c5c7344d9..f3bb17dec 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
@@ -104,6 +105,15 @@ public class BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests {
 		System.clearProperty("spring.cloud.function.definition");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testJsonNodeAsInput() throws Exception {
+		FunctionCatalog catalog = this.configureCatalog(JsonNodeConfiguration.class);
+		Function<Message<String>, Message<byte[]>> f = catalog.lookup("messageAsJsonNode", "application/json");
+		Message<String> m = MessageBuilder.withPayload("[{\"name\":\"bob\"}, {\"name\":\"bob\"}]").setHeader(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json").build();
+		assertThat(new String(f.apply(m).getPayload())).isEqualTo("[{\"name\":\"bob\"},{\"name\":\"bob\"}]");
+		f = catalog.lookup("asJsonNode", "application/json");
+		assertThat(new String(f.apply(m).getPayload())).isEqualTo("[{\"name\":\"bob\"},{\"name\":\"bob\"}]");
+	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes" })
 	@Test
@@ -782,6 +792,24 @@ public class BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
+	@Configuration
+	public static class JsonNodeConfiguration {
+		@Bean
+		public Function<Message<JsonNode>, String> messageAsJsonNode() {
+			return v -> {
+				return v.getPayload().toString();
+			};
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public Function<JsonNode, String> asJsonNode() {
+			return v -> {
+				return v.toString();
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration
 	public static class EmptyConfiguration {