diff --git a/Documentation/UserManual/Actions.md b/Documentation/UserManual/Actions.md
index 109a4ec093..f6f7620bf4 100644
--- a/Documentation/UserManual/Actions.md
+++ b/Documentation/UserManual/Actions.md
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ The simplest dynamic action is:
 
     { action: { do: "org/arangodb/actions/echoRequest" } }
 
-It is not possible to store functions directly in the routing table, but you can
-call functions defined in modules. In the above example the function can be
-accessed from JavaScript as:
+It is not advisable to store functions directly in the routing table. It is
+better to call functions defined in modules. In the above example the function
+can be accessed from JavaScript as:
 
     require("org/arangodb/actions").echoRequest
 
@@ -406,6 +406,17 @@ The definition
 
 is a short-cut for a prefix controller definition.
 
+Function Action {#UserManualActionsFunctionAction}
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+You can also store a function directly in the routing table.
+
+For example
+
+    arangosh> db._routing.save({ 
+    ........>   url: "/hello/echo",
+    ........>   action: { function: "function(req,res) {res.statusCode=200; res.body='Hallo'}" } });
+
 Requests and Responses {#UserManualActionsReqRes}
 =================================================
 
diff --git a/Documentation/UserManual/ActionsTOC.md b/Documentation/UserManual/ActionsTOC.md
index 2e689127c0..de6472d33e 100644
--- a/Documentation/UserManual/ActionsTOC.md
+++ b/Documentation/UserManual/ActionsTOC.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TOC {#UserManualActionsTOC}
     - @ref UserManualActionsContentAction
     - @ref UserManualActionsContentController
     - @ref UserManualActionsContentPrefix
+    - @ref UserManualActionsFunctionAction
   - @ref UserManualActionsReqRes
   - @ref UserManualActionsModify
   - @ref UserManualActionsHandlers
diff --git a/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/deploy.js b/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/deploy.js
index 2376bcd0fa..995c9698a0 100644
--- a/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/deploy.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/deploy.js
@@ -158,6 +158,37 @@ ArangoApp.prototype._PRINT = function (route) {
 /// @{
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief mounts one function directly
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+ArangoApp.prototype.mountStaticFunction = function (url, func, methods) {
+  if (url === "") {
+    url = "/";
+  }
+  else if (url[0] !== '/') {
+    url = "/" + url;
+  }
+
+  if (methods === undefined) {
+    methods = [ "GET", "HEAD" ];
+  }
+
+  pages = {
+    type: "StaticFunction",
+    key: url,
+    url: { match: url },
+    action: {
+      'function': String(func),
+      methods: methods,
+    }
+  };
+
+  this.updateRoute(pages);
+
+  return this;
+};
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief mounts one page directly
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/actions.js b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/actions.js
index 970539c9a8..a358bceed0 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/actions.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/actions.js
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ function lookupCallbackAction (route, action) {
   var func;
   var module;
   var joined;
+  var defn;
+  var env;
   var httpMethods = { 
     'get': exports.GET,
     'head': exports.HEAD,
@@ -225,10 +227,50 @@ function lookupCallbackAction (route, action) {
     'patch': exports.PATCH
   };
 
+  // .............................................................................
+  // short-cut for prefix controller
+  // .............................................................................
+
   if (typeof action === 'string') {
     return lookupCallbackAction(route, { prefixController: action });
   }
 
+  // .............................................................................
+  // function
+  // .............................................................................
+
+  if (action.hasOwnProperty('function')) {
+    defn = "func = " + action['function'];
+    env = {};
+
+    try {
+      internal.execute(defn, env, route);
+
+      if (env.hasOwnProperty("func")) {
+	func = env.func;
+      }
+      else {
+        func = notImplementedFunction(route,
+				      "could not define function '" + action['function']);
+      }
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      func = errorFunction(route,
+			   "an error occurred while loading function '" 
+  			     + action['function'] + "': " + String(err));
+    }
+
+    return {
+      controller: func,
+      options: action.options || {},
+      methods: action.methods || exports.ALL_METHODS
+    };
+  }
+
+  // .............................................................................
+  // function from module
+  // .............................................................................
+
   if (action.hasOwnProperty('do')) {
     path = action['do'].split("/");
     name = path.pop();
@@ -272,6 +314,10 @@ function lookupCallbackAction (route, action) {
     };
   }
 
+  // .............................................................................
+  // controller module
+  // .............................................................................
+
   if (action.hasOwnProperty('controller')) {
     try {
       module = require(action.controller);
@@ -322,6 +368,10 @@ function lookupCallbackAction (route, action) {
     }
   }
 
+  // .............................................................................
+  // prefix controller
+  // .............................................................................
+
   if (action.hasOwnProperty('prefixController')) {
     var prefixController = action.prefixController;