diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/functions.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/functions.md
index 51940b9f3..9a3ae2266 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/functions.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/functions.md
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ provider:
 functions:
   hello:
     handler: handler.hello
-    onError: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:XXXXXX:test # Ref and Fn::ImportValue are supported as well
+    onError: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:XXXXXX:test # Ref, Fn::GetAtt and Fn::ImportValue are supported as well
 ```
 
 ### DLQ with SQS
diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
index 5a57daac3..315b67ed4 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ functions:
     runtime: nodejs6.10 # Runtime for this specific function. Overrides the default which is set on the provider level
     timeout: 10 # Timeout for this specific function.  Overrides the default set above.
     role: arn:aws:iam::XXXXXX:role/role # IAM role which will be used for this function
-    onError: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:XXXXXX:sns-topic # Optional SNS topic arn (Ref and Fn::ImportValue are supported as well) which will be used for the DeadLetterConfig
+    onError: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:XXXXXX:sns-topic # Optional SNS topic / SQS arn (Ref, Fn::GetAtt and Fn::ImportValue are supported as well) which will be used for the DeadLetterConfig
     awsKmsKeyArn: arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:XXXXXX:key/some-hash # Optional KMS key arn which will be used for encryption (overwrites the one defined on the service level)
     environment: # Function level environment variables
       functionEnvVar: 12345678
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.js
index 315f6c950..8a130d1c9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.js
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ class AwsCompileFunctions {
           const errorMessage = 'onError config must be a SNS topic arn or SQS queue arn';
           return BbPromise.reject(new this.serverless.classes.Error(errorMessage));
         }
-      } else if (this.isArnRefOrImportValue(arn)) {
+      } else if (this.isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue(arn)) {
         newFunction.Properties.DeadLetterConfig = {
           TargetArn: arn,
         };
       } else {
         const errorMessage = [
           'onError config must be provided as an arn string,',
-          ' Ref or Fn::ImportValue',
+          ' Ref, Fn::GetAtt or Fn::ImportValue',
         ].join('');
         return BbPromise.reject(new this.serverless.classes.Error(errorMessage));
       }
@@ -420,9 +420,9 @@ class AwsCompileFunctions {
   }
 
   // helper functions
-  isArnRefOrImportValue(arn) {
+  isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue(arn) {
     return typeof arn === 'object' &&
-      _.some(_.keys(arn), (k) => _.includes(['Ref', 'Fn::ImportValue'], k));
+      _.some(_.keys(arn), (k) => _.includes(['Ref', 'Fn::GetAtt', 'Fn::ImportValue'], k));
   }
 
   cfLambdaFunctionTemplate() {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.test.js
index 3da800fc7..389204db1 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/functions/index.test.js
@@ -61,14 +61,17 @@ describe('AwsCompileFunctions', () => {
       expect(awsCompileFunctions.provider).to.be.instanceof(AwsProvider));
   });
 
-  describe('#isArnRefOrImportValue()', () => {
+  describe('#isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue()', () => {
     it('should accept a Ref', () =>
-      expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefOrImportValue({ Ref: 'DLQ' })).to.equal(true));
+     expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue({ Ref: 'DLQ' })).to.equal(true));
+    it('should accept a Fn::GetAtt', () =>
+     expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue({ 'Fn::GetAtt': ['DLQ', 'Arn'] }))
+        .to.equal(true));
     it('should accept a Fn::ImportValue', () =>
-      expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefOrImportValue({ 'Fn::ImportValue': 'DLQ' }))
+      expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue({ 'Fn::ImportValue': 'DLQ' }))
         .to.equal(true));
     it('should reject other objects', () =>
-      expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefOrImportValue({ Blah: 'vtha' })).to.equal(false));
+      expect(awsCompileFunctions.isArnRefGetAttOrImportValue({ Blah: 'vtha' })).to.equal(false));
   });
 
   describe('#compileFunctions()', () => {
@@ -896,6 +899,52 @@ describe('AwsCompileFunctions', () => {
             expect(functionResource).to.deep.equal(compiledFunction);
           });
         });
+
+        it('should create necessary resources if a Fn::GetAtt is provided', () => {
+          awsCompileFunctions.serverless.service.functions = {
+            func: {
+              handler: 'func.function.handler',
+              name: 'new-service-dev-func',
+              onError: {
+                'Fn::GetAtt': ['DLQ', 'Arn'],
+              },
+            },
+          };
+
+          const compiledFunction = {
+            Type: 'AWS::Lambda::Function',
+            DependsOn: [
+              'FuncLogGroup',
+              'IamRoleLambdaExecution',
+            ],
+            Properties: {
+              Code: {
+                S3Key: `${s3Folder}/${s3FileName}`,
+                S3Bucket: { Ref: 'ServerlessDeploymentBucket' },
+              },
+              FunctionName: 'new-service-dev-func',
+              Handler: 'func.function.handler',
+              MemorySize: 1024,
+              Role: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['IamRoleLambdaExecution', 'Arn'] },
+              Runtime: 'nodejs4.3',
+              Timeout: 6,
+              DeadLetterConfig: {
+                TargetArn: {
+                  'Fn::GetAtt': ['DLQ', 'Arn'],
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          };
+
+          return expect(awsCompileFunctions.compileFunctions()).to.be.fulfilled
+          .then(() => {
+            const compiledCfTemplate = awsCompileFunctions.serverless.service.provider
+              .compiledCloudFormationTemplate;
+
+            const functionResource = compiledCfTemplate.Resources.FuncLambdaFunction;
+            expect(functionResource).to.deep.equal(compiledFunction);
+          });
+        });
       });
 
       describe('when IamRoleLambdaExecution is not used', () => {