diff --git a/lib/serve.js b/lib/serve.js
index 260b2aeb..ec6571b5 100644
--- a/lib/serve.js
+++ b/lib/serve.js
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ function promiseCallback(promise, callback) {
 
 function createHandler(dir) {
   return function(request, response) {
-    var func = request.path.split("/").filter(function(e) {
+    // handle proxies without path re-writes (http-servr)
+    var cleanPath = request.path.replace(/^\/.netlify\/functions/, '')
+
+    var func = cleanPath.split("/").filter(function(e) {
       return e;
     })[0];
     var module = path.join(process.cwd(), dir, func);