diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/authorization.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/authorization.js
index 62e0acfa6..d295b11ef 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/authorization.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/authorization.js
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
     if (http.authorizer) {
+      if (http.authorizer.type && http.authorizer.authorizerId) {
+        return {
+          Properties: {
+            AuthorizationType: http.authorizer.type,
+            AuthorizerId: http.authorizer.authorizerId,
+          },
+        };
+      }
+
       const authorizerLogicalId = this.provider.naming
         .getAuthorizerLogicalId(http.authorizer.name);
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/index.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/index.test.js
index c81ed7edb..e24dc8719 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/method/index.test.js
@@ -314,6 +314,32 @@ describe('#compileMethods()', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should set custom authorizer config with authorizeId', () => {
+    awsCompileApigEvents.validated.events = [
+      {
+        functionName: 'First',
+        http: {
+          path: 'users/create',
+          method: 'post',
+          authorizer: {
+            type: 'COGNITO_USER_POOLS',
+            authorizerId: 'gy7lyj',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    return awsCompileApigEvents.compileMethods().then(() => {
+      expect(
+        awsCompileApigEvents.serverless.service.provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate
+          .Resources.ApiGatewayMethodUsersCreatePost.Properties.AuthorizationType
+      ).to.equal('COGNITO_USER_POOLS');
+      expect(
+        awsCompileApigEvents.serverless.service.provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate
+          .Resources.ApiGatewayMethodUsersCreatePost.Properties.AuthorizerId
+      ).to.equal('gy7lyj');
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should set authorizer config if given as ARN string', () => {
     awsCompileApigEvents.validated.events = [
       {
@@ -322,6 +348,7 @@ describe('#compileMethods()', () => {
           authorizer: {
             name: 'Authorizer',
           },
+          integration: 'AWS',
           path: 'users/create',
           method: 'post',
         },
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
index 1d7e55b9d..36a272822 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ module.exports = {
     let resultTtlInSeconds;
     let identityValidationExpression;
     let claims;
+    let authorizerId;
 
     if (typeof authorizer === 'string') {
       if (authorizer.toUpperCase() === 'AWS_IAM') {
@@ -239,7 +240,10 @@ module.exports = {
         name = this.provider.naming.extractAuthorizerNameFromArn(arn);
       }
     } else if (typeof authorizer === 'object') {
-      if (authorizer.type && authorizer.type.toUpperCase() === 'AWS_IAM') {
+      if (authorizer.type && authorizer.authorizerId) {
+        type = authorizer.type;
+        authorizerId = authorizer.authorizerId;
+      } else if (authorizer.type && authorizer.type.toUpperCase() === 'AWS_IAM') {
         type = 'AWS_IAM';
       } else if (authorizer.arn) {
         arn = authorizer.arn;
@@ -284,6 +288,7 @@ module.exports = {
       type,
       name,
       arn,
+      authorizerId,
       resultTtlInSeconds,
       identitySource,
       identityValidationExpression,