diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/FunctionItem.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/FunctionItem.node.ts
index 6352fc3f98..b4573fccad 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/FunctionItem.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/FunctionItem.node.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,14 @@ export class FunctionItem implements INodeType {
 			throw new Error('No data got returned. Always an object has to be returned!');
 		}
 
-		return {
+		const returnItem: INodeExecutionData = {
 			json: jsonData
 		};
+
+		if (item.binary) {
+			returnItem.binary = item.binary;
+		}
+
+		return returnItem;
 	}
 }