diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/lib/experimental/edge-function.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/lib/experimental/edge-function.ts
index f97b7e176d874..33b0e070d144e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/lib/experimental/edge-function.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/lib/experimental/edge-function.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ export class EdgeFunction extends Resource implements lambda.IVersion {
     let edgeStack = stage.node.tryFindChild(edgeStackId) as Stack;
     if (!edgeStack) {
       edgeStack = new Stack(stage, edgeStackId, {
-        env: { region: EdgeFunction.EDGE_REGION },
+        env: {
+          region: EdgeFunction.EDGE_REGION,
+          account: Stack.of(this).account,
+        },
       });
     }
     this.stack.addDependency(edgeStack);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/test/experimental/edge-function.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/test/experimental/edge-function.test.ts
index 4154f79cabff2..7a743056dfcb7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/test/experimental/edge-function.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront/test/experimental/edge-function.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ describe('stacks', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('us-east-1 stack inherits account of parent stack', () => {
+    new cloudfront.experimental.EdgeFunction(stack, 'MyFn', defaultEdgeFunctionProps());
+
+    const fnStack = getFnStack();
+
+    expect(fnStack.account).toEqual('111111111111');
+  });
+
+  test('us-east-1 stack inherits account of parent stack, when parent stack account is undefined', () => {
+    stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'StackWithDefaultAccount', {
+      env: { region: 'testregion' },
+    });
+    new cloudfront.experimental.EdgeFunction(stack, 'MyFn', defaultEdgeFunctionProps());
+
+    const fnStack = getFnStack();
+
+    expect(fnStack.account).toEqual(cdk.Aws.ACCOUNT_ID);
+  });
+
   test('creates minimal constructs if scope region is us-east-1', () => {
     app = new cdk.App();
     stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'Stack', {