diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/cfn-mapping.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/cfn-mapping.ts
index d8a5f6a972f5d..15be7e1054185 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/cfn-mapping.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/cfn-mapping.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { Annotations } from './annotations';
 import { CfnRefElement } from './cfn-element';
 import { Fn } from './cfn-fn';
+import { IResolvable, IResolveContext } from './resolvable';
+import { Stack } from './stack';
 import { Token } from './token';
 
 type Mapping = { [k1: string]: { [k2: string]: any } };
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ export class CfnMapping extends CfnRefElement {
     } else {
       this.lazyRender = true;
     }
-    return Fn.findInMap(this.logicalId, key1, key2);
+
+    return new CfnMappingEmbedder(this, this.mapping, key1, key2).toString();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -123,3 +126,32 @@ export class CfnMapping extends CfnRefElement {
     }
   }
 }
+
+class CfnMappingEmbedder implements IResolvable {
+  readonly creationStack: string[] = [];
+
+  constructor(private readonly cfnMapping: CfnMapping, readonly mapping: Mapping, private readonly key1: string, private readonly key2: string) { }
+
+  public resolve(context: IResolveContext): string {
+    const consumingStack = Stack.of(context.scope);
+    if (consumingStack === Stack.of(this.cfnMapping)) {
+      return Fn.findInMap(this.cfnMapping.logicalId, this.key1, this.key2);
+    }
+
+    const constructScope = consumingStack;
+    const constructId = `MappingCopy-${this.cfnMapping.node.id}-${this.cfnMapping.node.addr}`;
+
+    let mappingCopy = constructScope.node.tryFindChild(constructId) as CfnMapping | undefined;
+    if (!mappingCopy) {
+      mappingCopy = new CfnMapping(constructScope, constructId, {
+        mapping: this.mapping,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return Fn.findInMap(mappingCopy.logicalId, this.key1, this.key2);
+  }
+
+  public toString() {
+    return Token.asString(this);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/mappings.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/mappings.test.ts
index 5d67aa0163e68..18b6c76ba6bed 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/mappings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/mappings.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ArtifactMetadataEntryType } from '@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema';
 import { CloudAssembly } from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
-import { App, Aws, CfnMapping, CfnResource, Fn, Stack } from '../lib';
+import { App, Aws, CfnMapping, CfnResource, CfnOutput, Fn, Stack } from '../lib';
 import { toCloudFormation } from './util';
 
 describe('mappings', () => {
@@ -149,6 +149,63 @@ describe('mappings', () => {
       },
     })).toThrowError(/Attribute name 'us-east-1' must contain only alphanumeric characters./);
   });
+
+  test('using the value of a mapping in a different stack copies the mapping to the consuming stack', () => {
+    const app = new App();
+    const creationStack = new Stack(app, 'creationStack');
+    const consumingStack = new Stack(app, 'consumingStack');
+
+    const mapping = new CfnMapping(creationStack, 'MyMapping', {
+      mapping: {
+        boo: {
+          bah: 'foo',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    new CfnOutput(consumingStack, 'Output', {
+      value: mapping.findInMap('boo', 'bah'),
+    });
+
+    const v1 = mapping.findInMap('boo', 'bah');
+    let v2 = Fn.findInMap(mapping.logicalId, 'boo', 'bah');
+
+    const creationStackExpected = { 'Fn::FindInMap': ['MyMapping', 'boo', 'bah'] };
+    expect(creationStack.resolve(v1)).toEqual(creationStackExpected);
+    expect(creationStack.resolve(v2)).toEqual(creationStackExpected);
+    expect(toCloudFormation(creationStack).Mappings).toEqual({
+      MyMapping: {
+        boo: {
+          bah: 'foo',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const mappingCopyLogicalId = 'MappingCopyMyMappingc843c23de60b3672d919ab3e4cb2c14042794164d8';
+    v2 = Fn.findInMap(mappingCopyLogicalId, 'boo', 'bah');
+    const consumingStackExpected = { 'Fn::FindInMap': [mappingCopyLogicalId, 'boo', 'bah'] };
+
+    expect(consumingStack.resolve(v1)).toEqual(consumingStackExpected);
+    expect(consumingStack.resolve(v2)).toEqual(consumingStackExpected);
+    expect(toCloudFormation(consumingStack).Mappings).toEqual({
+      [mappingCopyLogicalId]: {
+        boo: {
+          bah: 'foo',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(toCloudFormation(consumingStack).Outputs).toEqual({
+      Output: {
+        Value: {
+          'Fn::FindInMap': [
+            mappingCopyLogicalId,
+            'boo',
+            'bah',
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('lazy mapping', () => {