diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/README.md
index 7788dc363a5ec..5aa5278feffa3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/README.md
@@ -38,4 +38,16 @@ alarm.addAlarmAction(
 );
 ```
 
+## SSM Incident Manager Action Example
+
+```ts
+declare const alarm: cloudwatch.Alarm;
+// Create an Incident Manager incident based on a specific response plan
+alarm.addAlarmAction(
+  new actions.SsmIncidentAction(
+      'arn:aws:ssm-incidents::123456789012:response-plan/ResponsePlanName'
+  )
+);
+```
+
 See `@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch` for more information.
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/index.ts
index 191da008b23a9..ee3fa92684d29 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export * from './autoscaling';
 export * from './sns';
 export * from './ec2';
 export * from './ssm';
+export * from './ssm-incidents';
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/ssm-incidents.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/ssm-incidents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9605fe1af8091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/lib/ssm-incidents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import * as cloudwatch from '@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch';
+import { Construct } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+
+/**
+ * Use an SSM Incident as an alarm action
+ */
+export class SsmIncidentAction implements cloudwatch.IAlarmAction {
+  constructor(private readonly responsePlanArn: string) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an alarm action configuration to use an SSM Incident as an alarm action
+   * based on an Incident Manager Response Plan
+   */
+  bind(_scope: Construct, _alarm: cloudwatch.IAlarm): cloudwatch.AlarmActionConfig {
+    return {
+      alarmActionArn: this.responsePlanArn,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/test/ssm-incidents.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/test/ssm-incidents.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..25f8758e0ad28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch-actions/test/ssm-incidents.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { Template } from '@aws-cdk/assertions';
+import * as cloudwatch from '@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch';
+import { Stack } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as actions from '../lib';
+
+test('can use SSM Incident as alarm action', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  const alarm = new cloudwatch.Alarm(stack, 'Alarm', {
+    metric: new cloudwatch.Metric({ namespace: 'AWS', metricName: 'Test' }),
+    evaluationPeriods: 3,
+    threshold: 100,
+  });
+
+  // WHEN
+  const responsePlanArn = 'arn:aws:ssm-incidents::123456789012:response-plan/ResponsePlanName';
+  alarm.addAlarmAction(new actions.SsmIncidentAction(responsePlanArn));
+
+  // THEN
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm', {
+    AlarmActions: [responsePlanArn],
+  });
+});