diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/README.md
index acd3f1820c156..ac540dd11670c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ globalTable.autoScaleWriteCapacity({
 }).scaleOnUtilization({ targetUtilizationPercent: 75 });
 ```
 
+When adding a replica region for a large table, you might want to increase the
+timeout for the replication operation:
+
+```ts
+const globalTable = new dynamodb.Table(this, 'Table', {
+  partitionKey: { name: 'id', type: dynamodb.AttributeType.STRING },
+  replicationRegions: ['us-east-1', 'us-east-2', 'us-west-2'],
+  replicationTimeout: Duration.hours(2), // defaults to Duration.minutes(30)
+});
+```
+
 ## Encryption
 
 All user data stored in Amazon DynamoDB is fully encrypted at rest. When creating a new table, you can choose to encrypt using the following customer master keys (CMK) to encrypt your table:
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/replica-provider.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/replica-provider.ts
index 718c0e693e454..d984c4bb7b3ff 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/replica-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/replica-provider.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,26 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-duplicate-imports, import/order
 import { Construct as CoreConstruct } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 
+/**
+ * Properties for a ReplicaProvider
+ */
+export interface ReplicaProviderProps {
+  /**
+   * The timeout for the replication operation.
+   *
+   * @default Duration.minutes(30)
+   */
+  readonly timeout?: Duration;
+}
+
 export class ReplicaProvider extends NestedStack {
   /**
    * Creates a stack-singleton resource provider nested stack.
    */
-  public static getOrCreate(scope: Construct) {
+  public static getOrCreate(scope: Construct, props: ReplicaProviderProps = {}) {
     const stack = Stack.of(scope);
     const uid = '@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb.ReplicaProvider';
-    return stack.node.tryFindChild(uid) as ReplicaProvider || new ReplicaProvider(stack, uid);
+    return stack.node.tryFindChild(uid) as ReplicaProvider ?? new ReplicaProvider(stack, uid, props);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -34,7 +46,7 @@ export class ReplicaProvider extends NestedStack {
    */
   public readonly isCompleteHandler: lambda.Function;
 
-  private constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
+  private constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: ReplicaProviderProps = {}) {
     super(scope as CoreConstruct, id);
 
     const code = lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'replica-handler'));
@@ -80,6 +92,7 @@ export class ReplicaProvider extends NestedStack {
       onEventHandler: this.onEventHandler,
       isCompleteHandler: this.isCompleteHandler,
       queryInterval: Duration.seconds(10),
+      totalTimeout: props.timeout,
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
index 8f36894fc5df8..9334192f5610d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/lib/table.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import * as cloudwatch from '@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch';
 import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import {
-  Aws, CfnCondition, CfnCustomResource, CustomResource, Fn,
-  IResource, Lazy, Names, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Stack, Token,
+  Aws, CfnCondition, CfnCustomResource, CustomResource, Duration,
+  Fn, IResource, Lazy, Names, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Stack, Token,
 } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { DynamoDBMetrics } from './dynamodb-canned-metrics.generated';
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ export interface TableOptions {
    * @experimental
    */
   readonly replicationRegions?: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * The timeout for a table replication operation in a single region.
+   *
+   * @default Duration.minutes(30)
+   */
+  readonly replicationTimeout?: Duration;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1135,7 +1142,7 @@ export class Table extends TableBase {
     }
 
     if (props.replicationRegions && props.replicationRegions.length > 0) {
-      this.createReplicaTables(props.replicationRegions);
+      this.createReplicaTables(props.replicationRegions, props.replicationTimeout);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1451,14 +1458,14 @@ export class Table extends TableBase {
    *
    * @param regions regions where to create tables
    */
-  private createReplicaTables(regions: string[]) {
+  private createReplicaTables(regions: string[], timeout?: Duration) {
     const stack = Stack.of(this);
 
     if (!Token.isUnresolved(stack.region) && regions.includes(stack.region)) {
       throw new Error('`replicationRegions` cannot include the region where this stack is deployed.');
     }
 
-    const provider = ReplicaProvider.getOrCreate(this);
+    const provider = ReplicaProvider.getOrCreate(this, { timeout });
 
     // Documentation at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/V2gt_IAM.html
     // is currently incorrect. AWS Support recommends `dynamodb:*` in both source and destination regions
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/dynamodb.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/dynamodb.test.ts
index 768094c253213..cddba2ff1504b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/dynamodb.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb/test/dynamodb.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as appscaling from '@aws-cdk/aws-applicationautoscaling';
 import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '@aws-cdk/aws-kms';
 import { App, Aws, CfnDeletionPolicy, ConstructNode, Duration, PhysicalName, RemovalPolicy, Resource, Stack, Tags } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as cr from '@aws-cdk/custom-resources';
 import { testLegacyBehavior } from 'cdk-build-tools/lib/feature-flag';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import {
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import {
   CfnTable,
 } from '../lib';
 
+jest.mock('@aws-cdk/custom-resources');
+
 /* eslint-disable quote-props */
 
 // CDK parameters
@@ -2295,12 +2298,6 @@ describe('global', () => {
     // THEN
     expect(stack).toHaveResource('Custom::DynamoDBReplica', {
       Properties: {
-        ServiceToken: {
-          'Fn::GetAtt': [
-            'awscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderNestedStackawscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderNestedStackResource18E3F12D',
-            'Outputs.awscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderframeworkonEventF9504691Arn',
-          ],
-        },
         TableName: {
           Ref: 'TableCD117FA1',
         },
@@ -2311,12 +2308,6 @@ describe('global', () => {
 
     expect(stack).toHaveResource('Custom::DynamoDBReplica', {
       Properties: {
-        ServiceToken: {
-          'Fn::GetAtt': [
-            'awscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderNestedStackawscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderNestedStackResource18E3F12D',
-            'Outputs.awscdkawsdynamodbReplicaProviderframeworkonEventF9504691Arn',
-          ],
-        },
         TableName: {
           Ref: 'TableCD117FA1',
         },
@@ -2814,6 +2805,26 @@ describe('global', () => {
     // THEN
     expect(SynthUtils.toCloudFormation(stack).Conditions).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  test('can configure timeout', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    new Table(stack, 'Table', {
+      partitionKey: {
+        name: 'id',
+        type: AttributeType.STRING,
+      },
+      replicationRegions: ['eu-central-1'],
+      replicationTimeout: Duration.hours(1),
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(cr.Provider).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), expect.any(String), expect.objectContaining({
+      totalTimeout: Duration.hours(1),
+    }));
+  });
 });
 
 test('L1 inside L2 expects removalpolicy to have been set', () => {