diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone-provider.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone-provider.ts
index 2c2b71f2d52d7..4d573665bd6cb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone-provider.ts
@@ -44,5 +44,44 @@ export = {
       test.deepEqual(zoneRef.hostedZoneId, cdkZone.hostedZoneId);
       test.done();
     },
+    'HostedZoneProvider will return context values if availble when using plain hosted zone id'(test: Test) {
+      // GIVEN
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'TestStack', { env: { account: '12345', region: 'us-east-1' } });
+      const filter = {domainName: 'test.com'};
+
+      HostedZone.fromLookup(stack, 'Ref', filter);
+
+      const missing = SynthUtils.synthesize(stack).assembly.manifest.missing!;
+      test.ok(missing && missing.length === 1);
+
+      const fakeZoneId = '11111111111111';
+      const fakeZone = {
+        Id: fakeZoneId,
+        Name: "example.com.",
+        CallerReference: "TestLates-PublicZo-OESZPDFV7G6A",
+        Config: {
+          Comment: "CDK created",
+          PrivateZone: false
+        },
+        ResourceRecordSetCount: 3
+      };
+
+      const stack2 = new cdk.Stack(undefined, 'TestStack', { env: { account: '12345', region: 'us-east-1' } });
+      stack2.node.setContext(missing[0].key, fakeZone);
+
+      const cdkZoneProps: HostedZoneAttributes = {
+        hostedZoneId: fakeZone.Id,
+        zoneName: 'example.com',
+      };
+
+      const cdkZone = HostedZone.fromHostedZoneAttributes(stack2, 'MyZone', cdkZoneProps);
+
+      // WHEN
+      const zoneId = cdkZone.hostedZoneId;
+
+      // THEN
+      test.deepEqual(fakeZoneId, zoneId);
+      test.done();
+    },
   }
 };