diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/integ.aws-custom-resource-vpc.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/integ.aws-custom-resource-vpc.ts
index ff979dae61cfb..4b1eef64949d6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/integ.aws-custom-resource-vpc.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/integ.aws-custom-resource-vpc.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ new AwsCustomResource(stack, 'DescribeVpcAttribute', {
   },
   policy: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.fromSdkCalls({ resources: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.ANY_RESOURCE }),
   timeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(3),
+  serviceTimeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(15),
   vpc: vpc,
   vpcSubnets: { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_EGRESS },
 });
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource.ts
index 5e77f7f77e220..df469b8019c5c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/custom-resource.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { CfnResource } from './cfn-resource';
+import { Duration } from './duration';
 import { RemovalPolicy } from './removal-policy';
 import { Resource } from './resource';
 import { Token } from './token';
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ export interface CustomResourceProps {
    */
   readonly removalPolicy?: RemovalPolicy;
 
+  /**
+   * The ServiceTimeout property from Cloudformation
+   *
+   * The value must be a duration between 1 and 3600 seconds.
+   * The default value is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
+   *
+   * @default Duration.minutes(30)
+   */
+  readonly serviceTimeout?: Duration;
+
   /**
    * Convert all property keys to pascal case.
    *
@@ -131,6 +142,7 @@ export class CustomResource extends Resource {
     const type = renderResourceType(props.resourceType);
     const pascalCaseProperties = props.pascalCaseProperties ?? false;
     const properties = pascalCaseProperties ? uppercaseProperties(props.properties || {}) : (props.properties || {});
+    const serviceTimeout = renderServiceTimeout(props.serviceTimeout) || '1800';
 
     this.resource = new CfnResource(this, 'Default', {
       type,
@@ -143,6 +155,10 @@ export class CustomResource extends Resource {
     this.resource.applyRemovalPolicy(props.removalPolicy, {
       default: RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
     });
+
+    if (serviceTimeout) {
+      this.resource.addPropertyOverride('ServiceTimeout', serviceTimeout);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -214,3 +230,18 @@ function renderResourceType(resourceType?: string) {
 
   return resourceType;
 }
+
+function renderServiceTimeout(serviceTimeout?: Duration): string|undefined {
+
+  if (!serviceTimeout) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  let timeoutSeconds = serviceTimeout.toSeconds();
+
+  if (timeoutSeconds < 1 || timeoutSeconds > 3600) {
+    throw new Error('ServiceTimeout must be an integer from 1 to 3600');
+  }
+
+  return timeoutSeconds.toString();
+}
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource.test.ts
index c792e30834cc8..2476b4d2c41d8 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/custom-resource.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { toCloudFormation } from './util';
-import { CustomResource, RemovalPolicy, Stack } from '../lib';
+import { CustomResource, Duration, RemovalPolicy, Stack } from '../lib';
 
 describe('custom resource', () => {
   test('simple case provider identified by service token', () => {
@@ -82,6 +82,30 @@ describe('custom resource', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('custom cfn timeout', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    new CustomResource(stack, 'MyCustomResource', {
+      serviceToken: 'MyServiceToken',
+      serviceTimeout: Duration.minutes(5),
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(toCloudFormation(stack)).toEqual({
+      Resources: {
+        MyCustomResource: {
+          Type: 'AWS::CloudFormation::CustomResource',
+          Properties: {
+            ServiceToken: 'MyServiceToken',
+          },
+          ServiceTimeout: '300',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   test('resource type must begin with "Custom::"', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new Stack();
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/README.md
index b0b6494af09aa..ef1e6872a5b06 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/README.md
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ new lambda.Function(this, 'OnEventHandler', {
 
 ### Timeouts
 
+#### User-Defined Lambda Function Timeouts
 Users are responsible to define the timeouts for the AWS Lambda functions for
 user-defined handlers. It is recommended not to exceed a **14 minutes** timeout,
 since all framework functions are configured to time out after 15 minutes, which
@@ -309,6 +310,36 @@ implement an [asynchronous provider](#asynchronous-providers-iscomplete), and
 then configure the timeouts for the asynchronous retries through the
 `queryInterval` and the `totalTimeout` options.
 
+```ts
+// This example shows how to set the timeout for the User-Defined Lambda function
+new AwsCustomResource(stack, 'DescribeVpcAttribute', {
+  // The rest of your code
+  timeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(3),
+});
+```
+
+#### CloudFormation Timeout
+You can specify `ServiceTimeout` to set the maximum time that CloudFormation will
+wait for the custom resource provider to respond. The default is 60 minutes.
+You can either set this value on the `AwsCustomResource` construct or directly on the
+`CustomResource` construct (both are L2).
+The default is 30 minutes.
+```ts
+// This example shows how to set the timeout on CloudFormation
+new AwsCustomResource(stack, 'CustomResource', {
+  // ... the rest of your code
+  serviceTimeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(15),
+});
+```
+Or:
+```ts
+// This example shows how to set the timeout on CloudFormation
+new CustomResource(stack, 'CustomResource', {
+  // ... the rest of your code
+  serviceTimeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(15),
+});
+```
+
 ### Provider Framework Examples
 
 This module includes a few examples for custom resource implementations:
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/lib/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/lib/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.ts
index 9000a3fb1d70f..59aecad4dc4fc 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/lib/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/lib/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as ec2 from '../../../aws-ec2';
 import * as iam from '../../../aws-iam';
 import * as logs from '../../../aws-logs';
 import * as cdk from '../../../core';
-import { Annotations } from '../../../core';
+import { Annotations, Duration } from '../../../core';
 import { AwsCustomResourceSingletonFunction } from '../../../custom-resource-handlers/dist/custom-resources/aws-custom-resource-provider.generated';
 import * as cxapi from '../../../cx-api';
 import { awsSdkToIamAction } from '../helpers-internal/sdk-info';
@@ -341,6 +341,16 @@ export interface AwsCustomResourceProps {
    */
   readonly timeout?: cdk.Duration;
 
+  /**
+   * The ServiceTimeout property from Cloudformation
+   *
+   * The value must be a duration between 1 and 3600 seconds.
+   * The default value is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
+   *
+   * @default Duration.minutes(30)
+   */
+  readonly serviceTimeout?: Duration;
+
   /**
    * The memory size for the singleton Lambda function implementing this custom resource.
    *
@@ -519,6 +529,7 @@ export class AwsCustomResource extends Construct implements iam.IGrantable {
     const create = props.onCreate || props.onUpdate;
     this.customResource = new cdk.CustomResource(this, 'Resource', {
       resourceType: props.resourceType || 'Custom::AWS',
+      serviceTimeout: props.serviceTimeout || cdk.Duration.minutes(30),
       serviceToken: provider.functionArn,
       pascalCaseProperties: true,
       removalPolicy: props.removalPolicy,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.test.ts
index a000ffed675f7..fc2e06905c2dd 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources/test/aws-custom-resource/aws-custom-resource.test.ts
@@ -596,6 +596,47 @@ test('timeout defaults to 2 minutes', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('cfn timeout defaults to 30 minutes', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+  // WHEN
+  new AwsCustomResource(stack, 'AwsSdk', {
+    onCreate: {
+      service: 'service',
+      action: 'action',
+      physicalResourceId: PhysicalResourceId.of('id'),
+    },
+    policy: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.fromSdkCalls({ resources: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.ANY_RESOURCE }),
+  });
+
+  // THEN
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CustomResource', {
+    Timeout: '1800',
+  });
+});
+
+test('set cfn timeout to 5 minutes', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+  // WHEN
+  new AwsCustomResource(stack, 'AwsSdk', {
+    serviceTimeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(5),
+    onCreate: {
+      service: 'service',
+      action: 'action',
+      physicalResourceId: PhysicalResourceId.of('id'),
+    },
+    policy: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.fromSdkCalls({ resources: AwsCustomResourcePolicy.ANY_RESOURCE }),
+  });
+
+  // THEN
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CustomResource', {
+    Timeout: '300',
+  });
+});
+
 test('memorySize defaults to 512 M if installLatestAwsSdk is true', () => {
   // GIVEN
   const stack = new cdk.Stack();