diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f1806a8756a..93a98e3b40b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ addons:
     - mongodb-3.0-precise
     packages:
     - mongodb-org-server
-    - oracle-java8-installer
 before_cache:
   - rm -f $HOME/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
 cache:
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/MessagingGatewayRegistrar.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/MessagingGatewayRegistrar.java
index 89336ca6412..e2482e175b8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/MessagingGatewayRegistrar.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/MessagingGatewayRegistrar.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -100,28 +100,33 @@ public BeanDefinitionHolder parse(Map<String, Object> gatewayAttributes) {
 		if (hasDefaultHeaders || hasDefaultPayloadExpression) {
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder methodMetadataBuilder =
 					BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(GatewayMethodMetadata.class);
+
 			if (hasDefaultPayloadExpression) {
 				methodMetadataBuilder.addPropertyValue("payloadExpression", defaultPayloadExpression);
 			}
-			Map<String, Object> headerExpressions = new ManagedMap<String, Object>();
-			for (Map<String, Object> header : defaultHeaders) {
-				String headerValue = (String) header.get("value");
-				String headerExpression = (String) header.get("expression");
-				boolean hasValue = StringUtils.hasText(headerValue);
-
-				if (hasValue == StringUtils.hasText(headerExpression)) {
-					throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException("exactly one of 'value' or 'expression' " +
-							"is required on a gateway's header.");
-				}
 
-				BeanDefinition expressionDef =
-						new RootBeanDefinition(hasValue ? LiteralExpression.class : ExpressionFactoryBean.class);
-				expressionDef.getConstructorArgumentValues()
-						.addGenericArgumentValue(hasValue ? headerValue : headerExpression);
+			if (hasDefaultHeaders) {
+				Map<String, Object> headerExpressions = new ManagedMap<String, Object>();
+				for (Map<String, Object> header : defaultHeaders) {
+					String headerValue = (String) header.get("value");
+					String headerExpression = (String) header.get("expression");
+					boolean hasValue = StringUtils.hasText(headerValue);
+
+					if (hasValue == StringUtils.hasText(headerExpression)) {
+						throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException("exactly one of 'value' or 'expression' " +
+								"is required on a gateway's header.");
+					}
 
-				headerExpressions.put((String) header.get("name"), expressionDef);
+					BeanDefinition expressionDef =
+							new RootBeanDefinition(hasValue ? LiteralExpression.class : ExpressionFactoryBean.class);
+					expressionDef.getConstructorArgumentValues()
+							.addGenericArgumentValue(hasValue ? headerValue : headerExpression);
+
+					headerExpressions.put((String) header.get("name"), expressionDef);
+				}
+				methodMetadataBuilder.addPropertyValue("headerExpressions", headerExpressions);
 			}
-			methodMetadataBuilder.addPropertyValue("headerExpressions", headerExpressions);
+
 			gatewayProxyBuilder.addPropertyValue("globalMethodMetadata", methodMetadataBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
index 3a7e67fb79b..3e51ab77331 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -487,10 +487,15 @@ private Object invokeGatewayMethod(MethodInvocation invocation, boolean runningO
 		int paramCount = method.getParameterTypes().length;
 		Object response = null;
 		boolean hasPayloadExpression = method.isAnnotationPresent(Payload.class);
-		if (!hasPayloadExpression && this.methodMetadataMap != null) {
+		if (!hasPayloadExpression) {
 			// check for the method metadata next
-			GatewayMethodMetadata metadata = this.methodMetadataMap.get(method.getName());
-			hasPayloadExpression = (metadata != null) && StringUtils.hasText(metadata.getPayloadExpression());
+			if (this.methodMetadataMap != null) {
+				GatewayMethodMetadata metadata = this.methodMetadataMap.get(method.getName());
+				hasPayloadExpression = (metadata != null) && StringUtils.hasText(metadata.getPayloadExpression());
+			}
+			else if (this.globalMethodMetadata != null) {
+				hasPayloadExpression = StringUtils.hasText(this.globalMethodMetadata.getPayloadExpression());
+			}
 		}
 		if (paramCount == 0 && !hasPayloadExpression) {
 			Long receiveTimeout = null;
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests-context.xml
index 669a469a562..3b98b09c603 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests-context.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</int:channel>
 
 	<int:gateway id="sampleGateway"
-			service-interface="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests.Bar"
+			service-interface="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests$Bar"
 			default-request-channel="requestChannelBaz"
 			error-channel="errorChannel">
 		<int:default-header name="name" expression="#gatewayMethod.name"/>
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@
 	<int:channel id="requestChannelBaz"/>
 
 	<int:gateway id="customMappedGateway"
-			service-interface="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests.Baz"
+			service-interface="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests$Baz"
 			default-request-channel="requestChannelBaz" mapper="mapper"/>
 
 	<bean id="mapper" class="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests$BazMapper"/>
 
+	<int:gateway id="sampleGateway2"
+				 service-interface="org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayInterfaceTests$NoArgumentsGateway"
+				 default-request-channel="requestChannelBar"
+				 default-payload-expression="'foo'"/>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests.java
index 7a56c8d320c..de88360d26c 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayInterfaceTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 import org.springframework.integration.config.EnableIntegration;
 import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
 import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationProperties;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.BridgeHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
@@ -487,6 +488,26 @@ public void testIgnoredHeader() {
 		((SubscribableChannel) this.errorChannel).unsubscribe(messageHandler);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testGatewayWithNoArgsMethod() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext ac =
+				new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("GatewayInterfaceTests-context.xml", getClass());
+
+		DirectChannel channel = ac.getBean("requestChannelBar", DirectChannel.class);
+		channel.subscribe(new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+
+			@Override
+			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+				assertEquals("foo", requestMessage.getPayload());
+				return "FOO";
+			}
+
+		});
+
+		NoArgumentsGateway noArgumentsGateway = ac.getBean(NoArgumentsGateway.class);
+		assertEquals("FOO", noArgumentsGateway.pullData());
+		ac.close();
+	}
 
 	public interface Foo {
 
@@ -520,6 +541,11 @@ public interface Baz {
 		void baz(String payload);
 	}
 
+	public interface NoArgumentsGateway {
+
+		String pullData();
+	}
+
 	public static class BazMapper implements MethodArgsMessageMapper {
 
 		@Override