diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/README.md
index 17e3419c286ca..b27610cbd531f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/README.md
@@ -264,6 +264,34 @@ integ.assertions.awsApiCall('SQS', 'receiveMessage', {
 });
 ```
 
+By default, the `AwsApiCall` construct will automatically add the correct IAM policies
+to allow the Lambda function to make the API call. It does this based on the `service`
+and `api` that is provided. In the above example the service is `SQS` and the api is
+`receiveMessage` so it will create a policy with `Action: 'sqs:ReceiveMessage`.
+
+There are some cases where the permissions do not exactly match the service/api call, for
+example the S3 `listObjectsV2` api. In these cases it is possible to add the correct policy
+by accessing the `provider` object.
+
+```ts
+declare const app: App;
+declare const stack: Stack;
+declare const integ: IntegTest;
+
+const apiCall = integ.assertions.awsApiCall('S3', 'listObjectsV2', {
+  Bucket: 'mybucket',
+});
+
+apiCall.provider.addToRolePolicy({
+  Effect: 'Allow',
+  Action: ['s3:GetObject', 's3:ListBucket'],
+  Resource: ['*'],
+});
+```
+
+Note that addToRolePolicy() uses direct IAM JSON policy blobs, not a iam.PolicyStatement
+object like you will see in the rest of the CDK.
+
 ### EqualsAssertion
 
 This library currently provides the ability to assert that two values are equal
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/providers/provider.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/providers/provider.ts
index 1b4c64e963646..5a5e3378fa4fa 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/providers/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/providers/provider.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,24 @@ class SingletonFunction extends Construct {
     return new LambdaFunctionProvider(Stack.of(this), constructName);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add an IAM policy statement to the inline policy of the
+   * lambdas function's role
+   *
+   * **Please note**: this is a direct IAM JSON policy blob, *not* a `iam.PolicyStatement`
+   * object like you will see in the rest of the CDK.
+   *
+   *
+   * singleton.addToRolePolicy({
+   *   Effect: 'Allow',
+   *   Action: 's3:GetObject',
+   *   Resources: '*',
+   * });
+   */
+  public addToRolePolicy(statement: any): void {
+    this.policies.push(statement);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a policy statement from a specific api call
    */
@@ -216,6 +234,26 @@ export class AssertionsProvider extends Construct {
   public addPolicyStatementFromSdkCall(service: string, api: string, resources?: string[]): void {
     this.handler.addPolicyStatementFromSdkCall(service, api, resources);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Add an IAM policy statement to the inline policy of the
+   * lambdas function's role
+   *
+   * **Please note**: this is a direct IAM JSON policy blob, *not* a `iam.PolicyStatement`
+   * object like you will see in the rest of the CDK.
+   *
+   *
+   * @example
+   * declare const provider: AssertionsProvider;
+   * provider.addToRolePolicy({
+   *   Effect: 'Allow',
+   *   Action: 's3:GetObject',
+   *   Resources: '*',
+   * });
+   */
+  public addToRolePolicy(statement: any): void {
+    this.handler.addToRolePolicy(statement);
+  }
 }
 
 function slugify(x: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/sdk.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/sdk.ts
index a7322738fa8d9..97972e4c568ba 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/lib/assertions/sdk.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ import { AssertionsProvider, SDK_RESOURCE_TYPE_PREFIX } from './providers';
  * an API call using the AWS SDK
  */
 export interface IAwsApiCall extends IConstruct {
+  /**
+   * access the AssertionsProvider. This can be used to add additional IAM policies
+   * the the provider role policy
+   *
+   * @example
+   * declare const apiCall: AwsApiCall;
+   * apiCall.provider.addToRolePolicy({
+   *   Effect: 'Allow',
+   *   Action: ['s3:GetObject'],
+   *   Resource: ['*'],
+   * });
+   */
+  readonly provider: AssertionsProvider;
+
   /**
    * Returns the value of an attribute of the custom resource of an arbitrary
    * type. Attributes are returned from the custom resource provider through the
@@ -110,7 +124,7 @@ export class AwsApiCall extends Construct implements IAwsApiCall {
   private flattenResponse: string = 'false';
   private readonly name: string;
 
-  protected provider: AssertionsProvider;
+  public readonly provider: AssertionsProvider;
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: AwsApiCallProps) {
     super(scope, id);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/rosetta/default.ts-fixture b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/rosetta/default.ts-fixture
index 847ddd48128e2..7cf368abcf6db 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/rosetta/default.ts-fixture
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/rosetta/default.ts-fixture
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   AssertionType,
   LambdaInvokeFunction,
   Match,
+  AssertionsProvider,
 } from '@aws-cdk/integ-tests';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/test/assertions/sdk.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/test/assertions/sdk.test.ts
index d8d3d70ec1694..7be64290b1b01 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/test/assertions/sdk.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-tests/test/assertions/sdk.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,55 @@ describe('AwsApiCall', () => {
         param2: 2,
       },
     });
+
+  });
+
+  test('add policy to provider', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const app = new App();
+    const deplossert = new DeployAssert(app);
+
+    // WHEN
+    const apiCall = deplossert.awsApiCall('MyService', 'MyApi', {
+      param1: 'val1',
+      param2: 2,
+    });
+    apiCall.provider.addToRolePolicy({
+      Effect: 'Allow',
+      Action: ['s3:GetObject'],
+      Resource: ['*'],
+    });
+
+    Template.fromStack(deplossert.scope).hasResourceProperties('AWS::IAM::Role', {
+      Policies: [
+        {
+          PolicyName: 'Inline',
+          PolicyDocument: {
+            Version: '2012-10-17',
+            Statement: [
+              {
+                Action: [
+                  'myservice:MyApi',
+                ],
+                Effect: 'Allow',
+                Resource: [
+                  '*',
+                ],
+              },
+              {
+                Action: [
+                  's3:GetObject',
+                ],
+                Effect: 'Allow',
+                Resource: [
+                  '*',
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
   });
 
   describe('get attribute', () => {