diff --git a/examples/hello.rs b/examples/hello.rs
index d468a680ad..2286b60dc8 100644
--- a/examples/hello.rs
+++ b/examples/hello.rs
@@ -3,35 +3,23 @@ extern crate hyper;
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate pretty_env_logger;
 
-use futures::future::FutureResult;
-
 use hyper::header::{ContentLength, ContentType};
-use hyper::server::{Http, Service, Request, Response};
+use hyper::server::{Http, Response, const_service, service_fn};
 
 static PHRASE: &'static [u8] = b"Hello World!";
 
-struct Hello;
-
-impl Service for Hello {
-    type Request = Request;
-    type Response = Response;
-    type Error = hyper::Error;
-    type Future = FutureResult<Response, hyper::Error>;
-    fn call(&self, _req: Request) -> Self::Future {
-        futures::future::ok(
-            Response::new()
-                .with_header(ContentLength(PHRASE.len() as u64))
-                .with_header(ContentType::plaintext())
-                .with_body(PHRASE)
-        )
-    }
-
-}
-
 fn main() {
     pretty_env_logger::init().unwrap();
-    let addr = "127.0.0.1:3000".parse().unwrap();
-    let mut server = Http::new().bind(&addr, || Ok(Hello)).unwrap();
+    let addr = ([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000).into();
+
+    let new_service = const_service(service_fn(|_| {
+        Ok(Response::<hyper::Body>::new()
+            .with_header(ContentLength(PHRASE.len() as u64))
+            .with_header(ContentType::plaintext())
+            .with_body(PHRASE))
+    }));
+
+    let mut server = Http::new().bind(&addr, new_service).unwrap();
     server.no_proto();
     println!("Listening on http://{} with 1 thread.", server.local_addr().unwrap());
     server.run().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index fefda0ee65..5b1e083469 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 mod compat_impl;
 #[cfg(feature = "compat")]
 pub mod compat;
+mod service;
 
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ feat_server_proto! {
     };
 }
 
+pub use self::service::{const_service, service_fn};
+
 /// An instance of the HTTP protocol, and implementation of tokio-proto's
 /// `ServerProto` trait.
 ///
diff --git a/src/server/service.rs b/src/server/service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20c9812e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use futures::IntoFuture;
+use tokio_service::{NewService, Service};
+
+/// Create a `Service` from a function.
+pub fn service_fn<F, R, S>(f: F) -> ServiceFn<F, R>
+where
+    F: Fn(R) -> S,
+    S: IntoFuture,
+{
+    ServiceFn {
+        f: f,
+        _req: PhantomData,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Create a `NewService` by sharing references of `service.
+pub fn const_service<S>(service: S) -> ConstService<S> {
+    ConstService {
+        svc: Arc::new(service),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ServiceFn<F, R> {
+    f: F,
+    _req: PhantomData<fn() -> R>,
+}
+
+impl<F, R, S> Service for ServiceFn<F, R>
+where
+    F: Fn(R) -> S,
+    S: IntoFuture,
+{
+    type Request = R;
+    type Response = S::Item;
+    type Error = S::Error;
+    type Future = S::Future;
+
+    fn call(&self, req: Self::Request) -> Self::Future {
+        (self.f)(req).into_future()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ConstService<S> {
+    svc: Arc<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S> NewService for ConstService<S>
+where
+    S: Service,
+{
+    type Request = S::Request;
+    type Response = S::Response;
+    type Error = S::Error;
+    type Instance = Arc<S>;
+
+    fn new_service(&self) -> ::std::io::Result<Self::Instance> {
+        Ok(self.svc.clone())
+    }
+}