Agile development has become increasingly common in the organizational software development environment. This paper examines whether function points would be compatible with story points on agile projects. Specifically, it addresses the question of whether function points are a relevant measure of velocity. Although any unit of measure can be used, this paper contrasts theoretical concepts about Story Points (SP) and function points (FP) as units for measuring size. It was also realized a statistical correlation between FP and SP using 2191 stories and 18 iterations in a Brazilian public agency. The conclusion drawn from this study was that function points, in that particular case, could be related with the initial value of the Story Points found after the planning poker.