diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-rds/test/integ.serverless-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-rds/test/integ.serverless-cluster.ts
index e93cc8bbf5f95..21c1f4163a9ea 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-rds/test/integ.serverless-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-rds/test/integ.serverless-cluster.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const subnetGroup = new rds.SubnetGroup(stack, 'SubnetGroup', {
   vpcSubnets: { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC },
   description: 'My Subnet Group',
   subnetGroupName: 'MyNotLowerCaseSubnetGroupName',
+
 });
 
 const cluster = new rds.ServerlessCluster(stack, 'Serverless Database', {
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ const cluster = new rds.ServerlessCluster(stack, 'Serverless Database', {
   vpcSubnets: { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC },
   subnetGroup,
   removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
+  scaling: {
+    secondsBeforeTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(300),
+    timeoutAction: String('RollbackCapacityChange'),
+  },
 });
 cluster.connections.allowDefaultPortFromAnyIpv4('Open to the world');
 
@@ -40,6 +45,10 @@ const noCopyTagsCluster = new rds.ServerlessCluster(stack, 'Serverless Database
   subnetGroup,
   removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
   copyTagsToSnapshot: false,
+  scaling: {
+    secondsBeforeTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(300),
+    timeoutAction: String('RollbackCapacityChange'),
+  },
 });
 noCopyTagsCluster.connections.allowDefaultPortFromAnyIpv4('Open to the world');
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/README.md
index 3833ff16eaa3e..177abb6ca6bd7 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/README.md
@@ -1013,6 +1013,8 @@ const cluster = new rds.ServerlessCluster(this, 'AnotherCluster', {
     autoPause: Duration.minutes(10), // default is to pause after 5 minutes of idle time
     minCapacity: rds.AuroraCapacityUnit.ACU_8, // default is 2 Aurora capacity units (ACUs)
     maxCapacity: rds.AuroraCapacityUnit.ACU_32, // default is 16 Aurora capacity units (ACUs)
+    secondsBeforeTimeout: Duration.seconds(300), // default is 300 seconds
+    timeoutAction: string("RollbackCapacityChange") // default is RollbackCapacityChange
   }
 });
 ```
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/lib/serverless-cluster.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/lib/serverless-cluster.ts
index ca2662b84e3ed..c5b2f057e3e9c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/lib/serverless-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/lib/serverless-cluster.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ export interface ServerlessScalingOptions {
    * @default - automatic pause enabled after 5 minutes
    */
   readonly autoPause?: Duration;
+
+  /**
+   * The amount of time, in seconds, that Aurora Serverless v1 tries to find a scaling point to perform seamless scaling before enforcing the timeout action.
+   * @default - automatic timeout after
+   */
+  readonly secondsBeforeTimeout? : Duration;
+
+  /**
+   * The action to take when the timeout is reached, either ForceApplyCapacityChange or RollbackCapacityChange.
+   * ForceApplyCapacityChange sets the capacity to the specified value as soon as possible.
+   * RollbackCapacityChange, the default, ignores the capacity change if a scaling point isn't found in the timeout period.
+   * @default - RollbackCapacityChange
+   */
+  readonly timeoutAction? : string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -441,9 +455,24 @@ abstract class ServerlessClusterNew extends ServerlessClusterBase {
     });
   }
 
+  // valid timeout
+  private timeoutValidation(timeout: number | undefined, timeoutAction?: string | undefined): void {
+    if (timeout && (timeout < 60 || timeout > 600)) {
+      throw Error('seconds before timeout must be between 60 and 600 seconds.');
+    }
+
+    if (timeoutAction && (timeoutAction !== 'ForceApplyCapacityChange' && timeoutAction !== 'RollbackCapacityChange')) {
+      throw Error('timeout action must be ForceApplyCapacityChange or RollbackCapacityChange.');
+    }
+  }
+
   private renderScalingConfiguration(options: ServerlessScalingOptions): CfnDBCluster.ScalingConfigurationProperty {
     const minCapacity = options.minCapacity;
     const maxCapacity = options.maxCapacity;
+    const timeout = options.secondsBeforeTimeout?.toSeconds();
+    const timeoutAction = options.timeoutAction;
+
+    this.timeoutValidation(timeout, timeoutAction);
 
     if (minCapacity && maxCapacity && minCapacity > maxCapacity) {
       throw new Error('maximum capacity must be greater than or equal to minimum capacity.');
@@ -458,6 +487,8 @@ abstract class ServerlessClusterNew extends ServerlessClusterBase {
       autoPause: (secondsToAutoPause === 0) ? false : true,
       minCapacity: options.minCapacity,
       maxCapacity: options.maxCapacity,
+      secondsBeforeTimeout: (timeout === 300) ? undefined : timeout,
+      timeoutAction: options.timeoutAction,
       secondsUntilAutoPause: (secondsToAutoPause === 0) ? undefined : secondsToAutoPause,
     };
   }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/test/serverless-cluster.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/test/serverless-cluster.test.ts
index cae4e4a84b886..be0e2bbff17ab 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/test/serverless-cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds/test/serverless-cluster.test.ts
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ describe('serverless cluster', () => {
         minCapacity: AuroraCapacityUnit.ACU_1,
         maxCapacity: AuroraCapacityUnit.ACU_128,
         autoPause: cdk.Duration.minutes(10),
+        secondsBeforeTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(0),
+        timeoutAction: String('RollbackCapacityChange'),
       },
     });
 
@@ -472,6 +474,8 @@ describe('serverless cluster', () => {
         MaxCapacity: 128,
         MinCapacity: 1,
         SecondsUntilAutoPause: 600,
+        SecondsBeforeTimeout: 0,
+        TimeoutAction: 'RollbackCapacityChange',
       },
     });
   });
@@ -536,6 +540,37 @@ describe('serverless cluster', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('throws when invalid seconds before time out is specified', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = testStack();
+    const vpc = ec2.Vpc.fromLookup(stack, 'VPC', { isDefault: true });
+
+    expect(() =>
+      new ServerlessCluster(stack, 'Database', {
+        engine: DatabaseClusterEngine.AURORA_MYSQL,
+        vpc,
+        scaling: {
+          secondsBeforeTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(650),
+        },
+      })).toThrow(/seconds before timeout must be between 60 and 600 seconds./);
+  });
+
+  test('throws when invalid time out action set', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = testStack();
+    const vpc = ec2.Vpc.fromLookup(stack, 'VPC', { isDefault: true });
+
+    // WHEN
+    expect(() =>
+      new ServerlessCluster(stack, 'Database', {
+        engine: DatabaseClusterEngine.AURORA_MYSQL,
+        vpc,
+        scaling: {
+          timeoutAction: String('helloworld'),
+        },
+      })).toThrow(/timeout action must be ForceApplyCapacityChange or RollbackCapacityChange./);
+  });
+
   test('throws when invalid auto pause time is specified', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = testStack();
@@ -942,3 +977,4 @@ function testStack(app?: cdk.App, id?: string): cdk.Stack {
   stack.node.setContext('availability-zones:12345:us-test-1', ['us-test-1a', 'us-test-1b']);
   return stack;
 }
+