diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/handler/HandlerFunctions.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/handler/HandlerFunctions.java
index 6863a33c..c9929349 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/handler/HandlerFunctions.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/handler/HandlerFunctions.java
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ public abstract class HandlerFunctions {
 
 	// TODO: current discovery only goes by method name
 	// so last one wins, so put parameterless last
+	public static HandlerFunction<ServerResponse> http(String uri) {
+		return http(URI.create(uri));
+	}
+
 	public static HandlerFunction<ServerResponse> http(URI uri) {
 		return new LookupProxyExchangeHandlerFunction(uri);
 	}