diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
index 03dcbcfb259..bbafbb75163 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
@@ -220,7 +220,11 @@ module.exports = {
         type = 'AWS_IAM';
       } else if (authorizer.arn) {
         arn = authorizer.arn;
-        name = this.provider.naming.extractAuthorizerNameFromArn(arn);
+        if (_.isString(authorizer.name)) {
+          name = authorizer.name;
+        } else {
+          name = this.provider.naming.extractAuthorizerNameFromArn(arn);
+        }
       } else if (authorizer.name) {
         name = authorizer.name;
         arn = this.getLambdaArn(name);
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
index 6338005f271..a2132f048e0 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
@@ -934,6 +934,30 @@ describe('#validate()', () => {
     expect(validated.events[0].http.authorizer.arn).to.equal('xxx:dev-authorizer');
   });
 
+  it('should handle an authorizer.arn with an explicit authorizer.name object', () => {
+    awsCompileApigEvents.serverless.service.functions = {
+      first: {
+        events: [
+          {
+            http: {
+              path: 'foo/bar',
+              method: 'GET',
+              authorizer: {
+                arn: 'xxx:dev-authorizer',
+                name: 'custom-name',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    const validated = awsCompileApigEvents.validate();
+    expect(validated.events).to.be.an('Array').with.length(1);
+    expect(validated.events[0].http.authorizer.name).to.equal('custom-name');
+    expect(validated.events[0].http.authorizer.arn).to.equal('xxx:dev-authorizer');
+  });
+
   it('should throw an error if the provided config is not an object', () => {
     awsCompileApigEvents.serverless.service.functions = {
       first: {