diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/scheduled-action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/scheduled-action.ts
index 83aae38fc281c..0889e759b1d1e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/scheduled-action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/lib/scheduled-action.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ export interface ScheduledActionProps extends BasicScheduledActionProps {
  * Define a scheduled scaling action
  */
 export class ScheduledAction extends Resource {
+  /**
+   * The name of the scheduled action.
+   *
+   * @attribute
+   */
+  public readonly scheduledActionName: string;
+
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: ScheduledActionProps) {
     super(scope, id);
 
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ export class ScheduledAction extends Resource {
     // add a warning on synth when minute is not defined in a cron schedule
     props.schedule._bind(this);
 
-    new CfnScheduledAction(this, 'Resource', {
+    const resource = new CfnScheduledAction(this, 'Resource', {
       autoScalingGroupName: props.autoScalingGroup.autoScalingGroupName,
       startTime: formatISO(props.startTime),
       endTime: formatISO(props.endTime),
@@ -110,6 +117,8 @@ export class ScheduledAction extends Resource {
       recurrence: props.schedule.expressionString,
       timeZone: props.timeZone,
     });
+
+    this.scheduledActionName = resource.attrScheduledActionName;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/scheduled-action.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/scheduled-action.test.ts
index 4c76ce3a11d08..ad721317b6a67 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/scheduled-action.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling/test/scheduled-action.test.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,20 @@ describeDeprecated('scheduled action', () => {
     const annotations = Annotations.fromStack(stack).findWarning('*', Match.anyValue());
     expect(annotations.length).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  test('ScheduledActions have a name', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const asg = makeAutoScalingGroup(stack);
+
+    const action = asg.scaleOnSchedule('ScaleOutAtMiddaySeoul', {
+      schedule: autoscaling.Schedule.cron({ hour: '12', minute: '0' }),
+      minCapacity: 12,
+      timeZone: 'Asia/Seoul',
+    });
+
+    expect(action.scheduledActionName).toBeDefined();
+  });
 });
 
 function makeAutoScalingGroup(scope: constructs.Construct) {