diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
index 01624e7d29358..6210f24a240f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export interface TableProps {
      */
     streamSpecification?: StreamViewType;
 
+    /**
+     * The name of TTL attribute.
+     * @default undefined, TTL is disabled
+     */
+    ttlAttributeName?: string;
+
     /**
      * AutoScalingProps configuration to configure Read AutoScaling for the DynamoDB table.
      * This field is optional and this can be achieved via addReadAutoScaling.
@@ -118,7 +124,8 @@ export class Table extends Construct {
             attributeDefinitions: this.attributeDefinitions,
             provisionedThroughput: { readCapacityUnits, writeCapacityUnits },
             sseSpecification: props.sseEnabled ? { sseEnabled: props.sseEnabled } : undefined,
-            streamSpecification: props.streamSpecification ? { streamViewType: props.streamSpecification } : undefined
+            streamSpecification: props.streamSpecification ? { streamViewType: props.streamSpecification } : undefined,
+            timeToLiveSpecification: props.ttlAttributeName ? { attributeName: props.ttlAttributeName, enabled: true } : undefined
         });
 
         if (props.tableName) { this.addMetadata('aws:cdk:hasPhysicalName', props.tableName); }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.expected.json
index 5d4645a81aac3..2e3204cf87d35 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.expected.json
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
         },
         "StreamSpecification": {
           "StreamViewType": "KEYS_ONLY"
+        },
+        "TimeToLiveSpecification": {
+          "AttributeName": "timeToLive",
+          "Enabled": true
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.ts
index 574a64773a08a..cbd34dd093899 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/integ.dynamodb.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const stack = new Stack(app, 'aws-cdk-dynamodb');
 
 const table = new Table(stack, 'Table', {
     sseEnabled: true,
-    streamSpecification: StreamViewType.KeysOnly
+    streamSpecification: StreamViewType.KeysOnly,
+    ttlAttributeName: 'timeToLive'
 });
 
 table.addPartitionKey('hashKey', KeyAttributeType.String);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/test.dynamodb.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/test.dynamodb.ts
index 8dee188a8e2c4..b7721e3700aa2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/test.dynamodb.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/test.dynamodb.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,34 @@ export = {
 
             test.done();
         },
+        'ttl is not enabled'(test: Test) {
+            const app = new TestApp();
+            new Table(app.stack, 'MyTable')
+                .addPartitionKey('partitionKey', KeyAttributeType.Binary)
+                .addSortKey('sortKey', KeyAttributeType.Number);
+            const template = app.synthesizeTemplate();
+
+            test.deepEqual(template, {
+                Resources: {
+                    MyTable794EDED1: {
+                        Type: 'AWS::DynamoDB::Table',
+                        Properties: {
+                            AttributeDefinitions: [
+                                { AttributeName: 'partitionKey', AttributeType: 'B' },
+                                { AttributeName: 'sortKey', AttributeType: 'N' }
+                            ],
+                            KeySchema: [
+                                { AttributeName: 'partitionKey', KeyType: 'HASH' },
+                                { AttributeName: 'sortKey', KeyType: 'RANGE' }
+                            ],
+                            ProvisionedThroughput: { ReadCapacityUnits: 5, WriteCapacityUnits: 5 },
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+
+            test.done();
+        },
         'can specify new and old images'(test: Test) {
             const app = new TestApp();
             const table = new Table(app.stack, 'MyTable', {
@@ -230,7 +258,8 @@ export = {
             readCapacity: 42,
             writeCapacity: 1337,
             sseEnabled: true,
-            streamSpecification: StreamViewType.KeysOnly
+            streamSpecification: StreamViewType.KeysOnly,
+            ttlAttributeName: 'timeToLive'
         });
         table.addPartitionKey('partitionKey', KeyAttributeType.String);
         table.addSortKey('sortKey', KeyAttributeType.Binary);
@@ -256,6 +285,7 @@ export = {
                         SSESpecification: { SSEEnabled: true },
                         StreamSpecification: { StreamViewType: 'KEYS_ONLY' },
                         TableName: 'MyTable',
+                        TimeToLiveSpecification: { AttributeName: 'timeToLive', Enabled: true }
                     }
                 }
             }