diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.js
index 2cdbb799d06..2a34cf0d029 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.js
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ class AwsCompileScheduledEvents {
               Name = event.schedule.name;
               timezone = event.schedule.timezone;
               Description = event.schedule.description;
-              roleArn = {
-                'Fn::GetAtt': ['IamRoleLambdaExecution', 'Arn'],
-              };
+
+              const functionLogicalId = this.provider.naming.getLambdaLogicalId(functionName);
+              const functionResource = resources[functionLogicalId];
+
+              roleArn = functionResource.Properties.Role;
 
               method = event.schedule.method || METHOD_EVENT_BUS;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.test.js b/test/unit/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.test.js
index 11eb0d3ce33..66cb1505135 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const METHOD_EVENT_BUS = 'eventBus';
 
 chaiUse(chaiAsPromised);
 
-async function run(events) {
+async function run(events, options = {}) {
   const params = {
     fixture: 'function',
     command: 'package',
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ async function run(events) {
         test: {
           handler: 'index.handler',
           events,
+          role: options.functionRole,
         },
       },
     },
@@ -414,4 +415,24 @@ describe('test/unit/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/schedule.test.js', ()
   it('should not create schedule resources when no scheduled event is given', async () => {
     expect((await run([])).scheduleCfResources).to.be.empty;
   });
+
+  it('should pass the custom roleArn to method:schedule resources', async () => {
+    const events = [
+      {
+        schedule: {
+          rate: 'rate(15 minutes)',
+          method: METHOD_SCHEDULER,
+          name: 'scheduler-scheduled-event',
+          description: 'Scheduler Scheduled Event',
+          input: '{"key":"array"}',
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const { scheduleCfResources } = await run(events, { functionRole: 'customRole' });
+
+    expect(scheduleCfResources[0].Properties.Target.RoleArn).to.deep.equal({
+      'Fn::GetAtt': ['customRole', 'Arn'],
+    });
+  });
 });