diff --git a/Perl6.xs b/Perl6.xs
index aa859c1..db01ee0 100644
--- a/Perl6.xs
+++ b/Perl6.xs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "Perl6.h"
 
 SV *(*call_method_callback)(IV, char *);
+SV *(*call_function_callback)(char *);
 SV *(*eval_code_callback)(char *);
 MVMInstance *instance;
 MVMCompUnit *cu;
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ static void toplevel_initial_invoke(MVMThreadContext *tc, void *data) {
     MVM_frame_invoke(tc, (MVMStaticFrame *)data, MVM_callsite_get_common(tc, MVM_CALLSITE_ID_NULL_ARGS), NULL, NULL, NULL, -1);
 }
 
-void init_callbacks(SV *(*eval_p6_code)(char *), SV *(*call_p6_method)(IV, char *)) {
+void init_callbacks(SV *(*eval_p6_code)(char *), SV *(*call_p6_method)(IV, char *), SV *(*call_p6_function)(char *)) {
     eval_code_callback = eval_p6_code;
     call_method_callback = call_p6_method;
+    call_function_callback = call_p6_function;
 }
 
 SV *p5_int_to_sv(IV value) {
@@ -86,8 +88,6 @@ initialize()
         MVMThreadContext *tc = instance->main_thread;
         cu = MVM_cu_map_from_file(tc, filename);
 
-        call_method_callback = NULL;
-
         MVMROOT(tc, cu, {
             /* The call to MVM_string_utf8_decode() may allocate, invalidating the
                location cu->body.filename */
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ run(code)
     OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
 
+SV *
+call(name)
+        char *name
+    CODE:
+        cur_my_perl = my_perl;
+        RETVAL = call_function_callback(name);
+    OUTPUT:
+        RETVAL
+
 SV *
 invoke(name)
         char *name
diff --git a/lib/Inline/Perl6Helper.pm6 b/lib/Inline/Perl6Helper.pm6
index 8196b0c..40b2bc9 100644
--- a/lib/Inline/Perl6Helper.pm6
+++ b/lib/Inline/Perl6Helper.pm6
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ our $call_method = sub (Int $index, Str $name) returns OpaquePointer {
     return OpaquePointer;
 };
 
+our $call_function = sub (Str $name) returns OpaquePointer {
+    return p6_to_p5(&::($name)());
+};
+
 sub init_callbacks(
     &eval_code (Str --> OpaquePointer),
-    &call_method (Int, Str --> OpaquePointer)
+    &call_method (Int, Str --> OpaquePointer),
+    &call_function (Str --> OpaquePointer),
 ) is native(@*ARGS[0]) { * };
 
-init_callbacks($eval_code, $call_method);
+init_callbacks($eval_code, $call_method, $call_function);
diff --git a/t/04call_function.t b/t/04call_function.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171ecac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/04call_function.t
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+use Inline::Perl6;
+
+Inline::Perl6::initialize;
+ok(1);
+Inline::Perl6::call('exit');
+ok(0);
+Inline::Perl6::destroy;
+