diff --git a/config/externalname.go b/config/externalname.go
index 87ffe7bf0d..7418fae4dd 100644
--- a/config/externalname.go
+++ b/config/externalname.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var TerraformPluginFrameworkExternalNameConfigs = map[string]config.ExternalName
 	// dynamodb
 	//
 	// DynamoDB table resource policy can be important using the DynamoDB resource identifier
-	"aws_dynamodb_resource_policy": config.IdentifierFromProvider,
+	"aws_dynamodb_resource_policy": config.TemplatedStringAsIdentifier("name", "arn:aws:dynamodb:{{ .setup.configuration.region }}:{{ .setup.client_metadata.account_id }}:table/{{ .external_name }}"),
 
 	// CodeGuru Profiler
 	// Profiling Group can be imported using the the profiling group name
diff --git a/internal/controller/dynamodb/resourcepolicy/zz_controller.go b/internal/controller/dynamodb/resourcepolicy/zz_controller.go
index 335002b78c..c49f50dd8a 100755
--- a/internal/controller/dynamodb/resourcepolicy/zz_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/dynamodb/resourcepolicy/zz_controller.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 func Setup(mgr ctrl.Manager, o tjcontroller.Options) error {
 	name := managed.ControllerName(v1beta1.ResourcePolicy_GroupVersionKind.String())
 	var initializers managed.InitializerChain
+	initializers = append(initializers, managed.NewNameAsExternalName(mgr.GetClient()))
 	cps := []managed.ConnectionPublisher{managed.NewAPISecretPublisher(mgr.GetClient(), mgr.GetScheme())}
 	if o.SecretStoreConfigGVK != nil {
 		cps = append(cps, connection.NewDetailsManager(mgr.GetClient(), *o.SecretStoreConfigGVK, connection.WithTLSConfig(o.ESSOptions.TLSConfig)))