diff --git a/components/express-api/Cdk.js b/components/express-api/Cdk.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866787e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/express-api/Cdk.js
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+const {Mode} = require('aws-cdk/lib/api');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const {App} = require('aws-cdk-lib');
+const { Bootstrapper } = require("aws-cdk/lib/api/bootstrap");
+const { SdkProvider } = require("aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth/sdk-provider");
+const { CloudFormationDeployments } = require("aws-cdk/lib/api/cloudformation-deployments");
+const {CloudFormationClient, DescribeStacksCommand} = require('@aws-sdk/client-cloudformation');
+
+// Silence CDK output
+const logging = require("aws-cdk/lib/logging");
+// @ts-ignore
+logging.print = function() {};
+// @ts-ignore
+logging.data = function() {};
+// @ts-ignore
+logging.warning = function() {};
+
+class Cdk {
+    toolkitStackName = "serverless-cdk-toolkit";
+
+    /**
+     * @param {(string) => void} logVerbose
+     * @param {Record<string, any>} state
+     * @param {string} stackName
+     * @param {string} [region]
+     */
+    constructor(logVerbose, state, stackName, region) {
+        this.logVerbose = logVerbose;
+        this.state = state;
+        this.stackName = stackName;
+        this.region = region;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {App} app
+     * @return {Promise<boolean>} Whether changes were deployed.
+     */
+    async deploy(app) {
+        this.logVerbose("Deploying the CloudFormation stack");
+
+        // @see https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/fa16f7a9c11981da75e44ffc83adcdc6edad94fc/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts#L257-L264
+        const sdkProvider = await SdkProvider.withAwsCliCompatibleDefaults();
+        const accountId = (await sdkProvider.defaultAccount())?.accountId;
+        if (accountId === undefined) {
+            throw new Error("No AWS account ID could be found via the AWS credentials");
+        }
+
+        await this.bootstrapCdk(sdkProvider, accountId);
+
+        this.logVerbose(`Deploying ${this.stackName}`);
+        const stackArtifact = app.synth().getStackByName(this.stackName);
+        const cloudFormationTemplateHash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(JSON.stringify(stackArtifact.template)).digest('hex');
+
+        if (this.state.cloudFormationTemplateHash === cloudFormationTemplateHash) {
+            this.logVerbose("Nothing to deploy, the stack is up to date");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const cloudFormation = new CloudFormationDeployments({ sdkProvider });
+        const deployResult = await cloudFormation.deployStack({
+            stack: stackArtifact,
+            toolkitStackName: "serverless-cdk-toolkit",
+        });
+
+        this.state.cloudFormationTemplateHash = cloudFormationTemplateHash;
+
+        if (deployResult.noOp) {
+            this.logVerbose('Nothing to deploy, the stack is up to date');
+            return false;
+        }
+        this.logVerbose('Deployment success');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    async bootstrapCdk(sdkProvider, accountId) {
+        if (this.state.cdkBootstrapped) {
+            this.logVerbose("The CDK is already set up, moving on");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Setup the bootstrap stack
+        // Ideally we don't do that every time
+        this.logVerbose("Setting up the CDK");
+        const cdkBootstrapper = new Bootstrapper({
+            source: "default",
+        });
+        const bootstrapDeployResult = await cdkBootstrapper.bootstrapEnvironment(
+            {
+                account: accountId,
+                name: "dev",
+                region: "us-east-1",
+            },
+            sdkProvider,
+            {
+                /**
+                 * We use a CDK toolkit stack dedicated to Serverless.
+                 * The reason for this is:
+                 * - to keep complete control over that stack
+                 * - because there are multiple versions, we don't want to force
+                 * one specific version on users
+                 * (see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/bootstrapping.html#bootstrapping-templates)
+                 */
+                toolkitStackName: this.toolkitStackName,
+                /**
+                 * In the same spirit as the custom stack name, we must provide
+                 * a different "qualifier": this ID will be used in CloudFormation
+                 * exports to provide a unique export name.
+                 */
+                parameters: {
+                    qualifier: "serverless",
+                },
+            }
+        );
+        if (bootstrapDeployResult.noOp) {
+            this.logVerbose("The CDK is already set up, moving on");
+        }
+        this.state.cdkBootstrapped = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return {Promise<Record<string, any>>}
+     */
+    async getStackOutputs() {
+        this.logVerbose(`Fetching outputs of stack "${this.stackName}"`);
+
+        const cloudFormation = new CloudFormationClient(await this.sdkConfig());
+        let data;
+        try {
+            data = await cloudFormation.send(new DescribeStacksCommand({
+                StackName: this.stackName,
+            }));
+        } catch (e) {
+            if (e instanceof Error && e.message === `Stack with id ${this.stackName} does not exist`) {
+                this.logVerbose(e.message);
+                return {};
+            }
+            throw e;
+        }
+        if (!data?.Stacks?.[0]?.Outputs) return {};
+
+        const outputs = {};
+        for (const item of data.Stacks[0].Outputs) {
+            const id = this.lowercaseFirstLetter(item.OutputKey);
+            outputs[id] = item.OutputValue;
+        }
+        return outputs;
+    }
+
+    lowercaseFirstLetter(string) {
+        return string.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + string.slice(1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Public method that returns a SDK configuration (with credentials and all).
+     */
+    async sdkConfig() {
+        // The CDK has a tool that creates a preconfigured SDK (SdkProvider)
+        // using credentials resolution compatible with the AWS CLI, and that
+        // supports the AssumeRole of the ToolkitStack.
+        // Not sure if we want to keep all of that, but for now let's use it.
+
+        // @see https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/fa16f7a9c11981da75e44ffc83adcdc6edad94fc/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts#L257-L264
+        const sdkProvider = await SdkProvider.withAwsCliCompatibleDefaults();
+        const accountId = (await sdkProvider.defaultAccount())?.accountId;
+        if (accountId === undefined) {
+            throw new Error("No AWS account ID could be found via the AWS credentials");
+        }
+        const limitedCdkSdk = (await sdkProvider.forEnvironment({
+            account: accountId,
+            region: this.region,
+        }, Mode.ForReading)).sdk;
+
+        // TODO we need something better later
+        // @ts-ignore
+        return limitedCdkSdk.config;
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = Cdk;
diff --git a/components/express-api/serverless.js b/components/express-api/serverless.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6197307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/express-api/serverless.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('fs-extra');
+require('crypto');
+const Component = require('../../src/Component');
+require('../aws-cloudformation/serverless');
+const CdkDeploy = require('./Cdk');
+const path = require('path');
+const {App, Stack} = require('aws-cdk-lib');
+
+class ExpressApi extends Component {
+  /** @type {string|undefined} */
+  region;
+
+  constructor(id, context, inputs) {
+    super(id, context, inputs);
+
+    this.stackName = `${this.appName}-${this.id}-${this.stage}`;
+    this.region = this.inputs.region;
+  }
+
+  async deploy() {
+    this.startProgress('deploying');
+
+    // Load the CDK construct and turn it into a proper "CDK App"
+    const app = new App();
+    let ConstructClass
+    if (typeof this.inputs.construct === 'string') {
+      ConstructClass = require(path.join(process.cwd(), this.inputs.construct));
+    } else {
+      ConstructClass = this.inputs.construct;
+    }
+    if (ConstructClass.prototype instanceof Stack) {
+      new ConstructClass(app, this.stackName, this.inputs);
+    } else {
+      let stack = new Stack(app, this.stackName);
+      new ConstructClass(stack, 'Construct', this.inputs);
+    }
+
+    const cdk = new CdkDeploy(this.logVerbose, this.state, this.stackName, this.region);
+    const hasChanges = await cdk.deploy(app);
+
+    if (hasChanges) {
+      // Save updated state
+      await this.save();
+      await this.updateOutputs(await cdk.getStackOutputs());
+      this.successProgress('deployed');
+    } else {
+      this.successProgress('no changes');
+    }
+  }
+
+  async remove() {
+    this.startProgress('removing');
+
+    const cdk = new CdkDeploy(this.logVerbose, this.state, this.stackName, this.region);
+    await cdk.remove();
+
+    this.state = {};
+    await this.save();
+    await this.updateOutputs({});
+
+    this.successProgress('removed');
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ExpressApi;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf4af62..f97e9c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudformation": "^3.54.1",
     "@serverless/utils": "^6.0.3",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.1.0",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.1.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "ci-info": "^3.3.0",
     "cli-cursor": "^3",
+    "constructs": "^10.0.77",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.1",
     "globby": "^11.1.0",
     "graphlib": "^2.1.8",