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 bbafbb751..936931cdb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.js
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ module.exports = {
             http.request = this.getRequest(http);
             http.request.passThrough = this.getRequestPassThrough(http);
             http.response = this.getResponse(http);
+            if (http.integration === 'AWS' && _.isEmpty(http.response)) {
+              http.response = {
+                statusCodes: DEFAULT_STATUS_CODES,
+              };
+            }
           } else if (http.integration === 'AWS_PROXY' || http.integration === 'HTTP_PROXY') {
             // show a warning when request / response config is used with AWS_PROXY (LAMBDA-PROXY)
             if (http.request) {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
index a2132f048..4e481c9d8 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/validate.test.js
@@ -1728,4 +1728,54 @@ describe('#validate()', () => {
     expect(validated.events).to.be.an('Array').with.length(1);
     expect(validated.events[0].http.request.passThrough).to.equal(undefined);
   });
+
+  it('should set default statusCodes to response for lambda by default', () => {
+    awsCompileApigEvents.serverless.service.functions = {
+      first: {
+        events: [
+          {
+            http: {
+              method: 'GET',
+              path: 'users/list',
+              integration: 'lambda',
+              integrationMethod: 'GET',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    const validated = awsCompileApigEvents.validate();
+    expect(validated.events).to.be.an('Array').with.length(1);
+    expect(validated.events[0].http.response.statusCodes).to.deep.equal({
+      200: {
+        pattern: '',
+      },
+      400: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[400\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      401: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[401\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      403: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[403\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      404: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[404\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      422: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[422\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      500: {
+        pattern:
+        '[\\s\\S]*(Process\\s?exited\\s?before\\s?completing\\s?request|\\[500\\])[\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      502: {
+        pattern: '[\\s\\S]*\\[502\\][\\s\\S]*',
+      },
+      504: {
+        pattern: '([\\s\\S]*\\[504\\][\\s\\S]*)|(^[Task timed out].*)',
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });