diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
index f192b8989..3233746af 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
+		    <optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/KotlinLambdaToFunctionAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/KotlinLambdaToFunctionAutoConfiguration.java
index 18d131af5..36c0dd555 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/KotlinLambdaToFunctionAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/KotlinLambdaToFunctionAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule;
 import kotlin.Unit;
 import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0;
 import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1;
@@ -45,13 +46,18 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jackson.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.FunctionRegistration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 
+
+
 /**
  * Configuration class which defines the required infrastructure to bootstrap Kotlin
  * lambdas as invocable functions within the context of the framework.
@@ -67,6 +73,19 @@ public class KotlinLambdaToFunctionAutoConfiguration {
 
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
+	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnClass(name = {"org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder",
+			"com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule"})
+	Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderCustomizer customizer() {
+		return new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderCustomizer() {
+			@Override
+			public void customize(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder jacksonObjectMapperBuilder) {
+				jacksonObjectMapperBuilder.modulesToInstall(KotlinModule.class);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Will transform all discovered Kotlin's Function lambdas to java
 	 * Supplier, Function and Consumer, retaining the original Kotlin type