diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
index 28e37670b05a2..9f598761ee843 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/lib/user-pool.ts
@@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ export interface UserPoolProps {
    */
   readonly mfa?: Mfa;
 
+  /**
+   * The SMS message template sent during MFA verification.
+   * Use '{####}' in the template where Cognito should insert the verification code.
+   * @default 'Your authentication code is {####}.'
+   */
+  readonly mfaMessage?: string;
+
   /**
    * Configure the MFA types that users can use in this user pool. Ignored if `mfa` is set to `OFF`.
    *
@@ -761,6 +768,7 @@ export class UserPool extends UserPoolBase {
       aliasAttributes: signIn.aliasAttrs,
       autoVerifiedAttributes: signIn.autoVerifyAttrs,
       lambdaConfig: Lazy.any({ produce: () => undefinedIfNoKeys(this.triggers) }),
+      smsAuthenticationMessage: this.mfaMessage(props),
       smsConfiguration: this.smsConfiguration(props),
       adminCreateUserConfig,
       emailVerificationMessage,
@@ -810,6 +818,24 @@ export class UserPool extends UserPoolBase {
     });
   }
 
+  private mfaMessage(props: UserPoolProps): string | undefined {
+    const CODE_TEMPLATE = '{####}';
+    const MAX_LENGTH = 140;
+    const message = props.mfaMessage;
+
+    if (message && !Token.isUnresolved(message)) {
+      if (!message.includes(CODE_TEMPLATE)) {
+        throw new Error(`MFA message must contain the template string '${CODE_TEMPLATE}'`);
+      }
+
+      if (message.length > MAX_LENGTH) {
+        throw new Error(`MFA message must be between ${CODE_TEMPLATE.length} and ${MAX_LENGTH} characters`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return message;
+  }
+
   private verificationMessageConfiguration(props: UserPoolProps): CfnUserPool.VerificationMessageTemplateProperty {
     const CODE_TEMPLATE = '{####}';
     const VERIFY_EMAIL_TEMPLATE = '{##Verify Email##}';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
index 7f1c02c786a4e..ccd5959750a58 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cognito/test/user-pool.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
         EmailSubject: 'Verify your new account',
         SmsMessage: 'The verification code to your new account is {####}',
       },
+      SmsAuthenticationMessage: ABSENT,
       SmsConfiguration: ABSENT,
       lambdaTriggers: ABSENT,
     });
@@ -80,6 +81,49 @@ describe('User Pool', () => {
     });
   }),
 
+  test('mfa authentication message is configured correctly', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+    const message = 'The authentication code to your account is {####}';
+
+    // WHEN
+    new UserPool(stack, 'Pool', {
+      mfaMessage: message,
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).toHaveResourceLike('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
+      SmsAuthenticationMessage: message,
+    });
+  }),
+
+  test('mfa authentication message is validated', () => {
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    expect(() => new UserPool(stack, 'Pool1', {
+      mfaMessage: '{####',
+    })).toThrow(/MFA message must contain the template string/);
+
+    expect(() => new UserPool(stack, 'Pool2', {
+      mfaMessage: '{####}',
+    })).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(() => new UserPool(stack, 'Pool3', {
+      mfaMessage: `{####}${'x'.repeat(135)}`,
+    })).toThrow(/MFA message must be between 6 and 140 characters/);
+
+    expect(() => new UserPool(stack, 'Pool4', {
+      mfaMessage: `{####}${'x'.repeat(134)}`,
+    })).not.toThrow();
+
+    // Validation is skipped for tokens.
+    const parameter = new CfnParameter(stack, 'Parameter');
+
+    expect(() => new UserPool(stack, 'Pool5', {
+      mfaMessage: parameter.valueAsString,
+    })).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   test('email and sms verification messages are validated', () => {
     const stack = new Stack();
 
@@ -1355,4 +1399,4 @@ function fooFunction(scope: Construct, name: string): lambda.IFunction {
     runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_12_X,
     handler: 'index.handler',
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}