diff --git a/docs/database-dynamodb-single-table.md b/docs/database-dynamodb-single-table.md
index 4bb2ba07..17b392c6 100644
--- a/docs/database-dynamodb-single-table.md
+++ b/docs/database-dynamodb-single-table.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The `database/dynamodb-single-table` construct creates and configures the table
 All database constructs expose the following variables:
 
 - `tableName`: the name of the deployed DynamoDB table
+- `tableArn`: the arn of the deployed DynamoDB table
 - `tableStreamArn`: the ARN of the stream of the deployed DynamoDB table
 
 This can be used to inject the tableName to a Lambda functions using the SDK to read or write data from the table, for example:
diff --git a/src/constructs/aws/DatabaseDynamoDBSingleTable.ts b/src/constructs/aws/DatabaseDynamoDBSingleTable.ts
index 91e8b00e..efa030ce 100644
--- a/src/constructs/aws/DatabaseDynamoDBSingleTable.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/aws/DatabaseDynamoDBSingleTable.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export class DatabaseDynamoDBSingleTable extends AwsConstruct {
     variables(): Record<string, unknown> {
         return {
             tableName: this.table.tableName,
+            tableArn: this.table.tableArn,
             tableStreamArn: this.table.tableStreamArn,
         };
     }