diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-delivery/test/integ.cicd.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-delivery/test/integ.cicd.ts
index cc137847f8f86..e0263b6c3633d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/app-delivery/test/integ.cicd.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/app-delivery/test/integ.cicd.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const source = new cpactions.GitHubSourceAction({
   owner: 'awslabs',
   repo: 'aws-cdk',
   oauthToken: cdk.SecretValue.plainText('DummyToken'),
-  pollForSourceChanges: true,
+  trigger: cpactions.GitHubTrigger.Poll,
   output: sourceOutput,
 });
 pipeline.addStage({
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/README.md
index 7a34c38ce24c3..a0a87107ae2a3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const sourceAction = new codepipeline_actions.GitHubSourceAction({
   oauthToken: token.value,
   output: sourceOutput,
   branch: 'develop', // default: 'master'
+  trigger: codepipeline_actions.GitHubTrigger.Poll // default: 'WebHook', 'None' is also possible for no Source trigger
 });
 pipeline.addStage({
   name: 'Source',
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/github/source-action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/github/source-action.ts
index 63f158484a72b..51d85c2edd80d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/github/source-action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/github/source-action.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import codepipeline = require('@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline');
 import { SecretValue } from '@aws-cdk/cdk';
 import { sourceArtifactBounds } from '../common';
 
+/**
+ * If and how the GitHub source action should be triggered
+ */
+export enum GitHubTrigger {
+  None = 'None',
+  Poll = 'Poll',
+  WebHook = 'WebHook',
+}
+
 /**
  * Construction properties of the {@link GitHubSourceAction GitHub source action}.
  */
@@ -39,12 +48,15 @@ export interface GitHubSourceActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonActionProps
   readonly oauthToken: SecretValue;
 
   /**
-   * Whether AWS CodePipeline should poll for source changes.
-   * If this is `false`, the Pipeline will use a webhook to detect source changes instead.
+   * How AWS CodePipeline should be triggered
+   *
+   * With the default value "WebHook", a webhook is created in GitHub that triggers the action
+   * With "Poll", CodePipeline periodically checks the source for changes
+   * With "None", the action is not triggered through changes in the source
    *
-   * @default false
+   * @default GitHubTrigger.WebHook
    */
-  readonly pollForSourceChanges?: boolean;
+  readonly trigger?: GitHubTrigger;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -66,7 +78,7 @@ export class GitHubSourceAction extends codepipeline.Action {
         Repo: props.repo,
         Branch: props.branch || "master",
         OAuthToken: props.oauthToken.toString(),
-        PollForSourceChanges: props.pollForSourceChanges || false,
+        PollForSourceChanges: props.trigger === GitHubTrigger.Poll,
       },
     });
 
@@ -74,7 +86,7 @@ export class GitHubSourceAction extends codepipeline.Action {
   }
 
   protected bind(info: codepipeline.ActionBind): void {
-    if (!this.props.pollForSourceChanges) {
+    if (!this.props.trigger || this.props.trigger === GitHubTrigger.WebHook) {
       new codepipeline.CfnWebhook(info.scope, 'WebhookResource', {
         authentication: 'GITHUB_HMAC',
         authenticationConfiguration: {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
index 2055c76e01e34..00de8197a20cb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, haveResource, haveResourceLike, SynthUtils } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
+import { expect, haveResource, haveResourceLike, not, SynthUtils } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import codebuild = require('@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild');
 import codecommit = require('@aws-cdk/aws-codecommit');
 import codepipeline = require('@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline');
@@ -67,6 +67,124 @@ export = {
     test.done();
   },
 
+  'pipeline with GitHub source with poll trigger'(test: Test) {
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    const secret = new CfnParameter(stack, 'GitHubToken', { type: 'String', default: 'my-token' });
+
+    const p = new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'P');
+
+    p.addStage({
+      name: 'Source',
+      actions: [
+        new cpactions.GitHubSourceAction({
+          actionName: 'GH',
+          runOrder: 8,
+          output: new codepipeline.Artifact('A'),
+          branch: 'branch',
+          oauthToken: SecretValue.plainText(secret.stringValue),
+          owner: 'foo',
+          repo: 'bar',
+          trigger: cpactions.GitHubTrigger.Poll
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    p.addStage({
+      name: 'Two',
+      actions: [
+        new cpactions.ManualApprovalAction({ actionName: 'Boo' }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(stack).to(not(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Webhook')));
+
+    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline', {
+      "Stages": [
+      {
+        "Actions": [
+          {
+            "Configuration": {
+              "PollForSourceChanges": true
+            },
+            "Name": "GH"
+          }
+        ],
+        "Name": "Source"
+      },
+      {
+        "Actions": [
+          {
+            "Name": "Boo",
+          }
+        ],
+        "Name": "Two"
+      }
+      ]
+    }));
+
+    test.done();
+  },
+
+  'pipeline with GitHub source without triggers'(test: Test) {
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    const secret = new CfnParameter(stack, 'GitHubToken', { type: 'String', default: 'my-token' });
+
+    const p = new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'P');
+
+    p.addStage({
+      name: 'Source',
+      actions: [
+        new cpactions.GitHubSourceAction({
+          actionName: 'GH',
+          runOrder: 8,
+          output: new codepipeline.Artifact('A'),
+          branch: 'branch',
+          oauthToken: SecretValue.plainText(secret.stringValue),
+          owner: 'foo',
+          repo: 'bar',
+          trigger: cpactions.GitHubTrigger.None
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    p.addStage({
+      name: 'Two',
+      actions: [
+        new cpactions.ManualApprovalAction({ actionName: 'Boo' }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(stack).to(not(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Webhook')));
+
+    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline', {
+      "Stages": [
+      {
+        "Actions": [
+          {
+            "Configuration": {
+              "PollForSourceChanges": false
+            },
+            "Name": "GH"
+          }
+        ],
+        "Name": "Source"
+      },
+      {
+        "Actions": [
+          {
+            "Name": "Boo",
+          }
+        ],
+        "Name": "Two"
+      }
+      ]
+    }));
+
+    test.done();
+  },
+
   'github action uses ThirdParty owner'(test: Test) {
     const stack = new Stack();
 
@@ -96,6 +214,8 @@ export = {
       ],
     });
 
+    expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Webhook'));
+
     expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline', {
       "ArtifactStore": {
       "Location": {