diff --git a/actix-session/src/lib.rs b/actix-session/src/lib.rs
index 31665e524..53f5a7b49 100644
--- a/actix-session/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-session/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ provided by `actix-session`; it takes care of all the session cookie handling an
 against the active [`Session`].
 
 `actix-session` provides some built-in storage backends: ([`CookieSessionStore`],
-[`RedisSessionStore`], and [`RedisActorSessionStore`]) - you can create a custom storage backend
+[`RedisSessionStore`], [`RedisActorSessionStore`], and [`DynamoDbSessionStore`]) - you can create a custom storage backend
 by implementing the [`SessionStore`] trait.
 
 Further reading on sessions:
@@ -133,12 +133,22 @@ attached to your sessions. You can enable:
   actix-session = { version = "...", features = ["redis-rs-session", "redis-rs-tls-session"] }
   ```
 
+- a DynamoDB-based backend via [`dynamo-db`](https://docs.rs/aws-sdk-dynamodb), [`DynamoDbSessionStore`], using
+  the `dynamo-db` feature flag.
+
+  ```toml
+  [dependencies]
+  # ...
+  actix-session = { version = "...", features = ["dynamo-db"] }
+  ```
+
 You can implement your own session storage backend using the [`SessionStore`] trait.
 
 [`SessionStore`]: storage::SessionStore
 [`CookieSessionStore`]: storage::CookieSessionStore
 [`RedisSessionStore`]: storage::RedisSessionStore
 [`RedisActorSessionStore`]: storage::RedisActorSessionStore
+[`DynamoDbSessionStore`]: storage::DynamoDbSessionStore
 */
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
diff --git a/actix-session/src/storage/dynamo_db.rs b/actix-session/src/storage/dynamo_db.rs
index 98a6a9425..0475cb41f 100644
--- a/actix-session/src/storage/dynamo_db.rs
+++ b/actix-session/src/storage/dynamo_db.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,52 @@ use crate::storage::{
     SessionStore,
 };
 
+/// Use DynamoDB as session storage backend.
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer, HttpResponse, Error};
+/// use actix_session::{SessionMiddleware, storage::DynamoDbSessionStore};
+/// use actix_web::cookie::Key;
+/// use aws_config::meta::region::RegionProviderChain;
+/// use aws_config::Region;
+/// use aws_config::default_provider::credentials::DefaultCredentialsChain;
+/// use aws_sdk_dynamodb::config::ProvideCredentials;
+/// use aws_sdk_dynamodb::Client;
+///
+///
+/// // The secret key would usually be read from a configuration file/environment variables.
+/// fn get_secret_key() -> Key {
+///     # todo!()
+///     // [...]
+/// }
+///
+/// #[actix_web::main]
+/// async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+///     let secret_key = get_secret_key();
+///
+///     let dynamo_db_store = DynamoDbSessionStore::builder()
+///         .table_name(String::from("MyTableName"))
+///         .key_name("PK".to_string())
+///         .build()
+///         .await?;
+///
+///     HttpServer::new(move ||
+///             App::new()
+///             .wrap(SessionMiddleware::new(
+///                 dynamo_db_store.clone(),
+///                 secret_key.clone()
+///             ))
+///             .default_service(web::to(|| HttpResponse::Ok())))
+///         .bind(("127.0.0.1", 8080))?
+///         .run()
+///         .await
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// # Implementation notes
+/// `DynamoDbSessionStore` leverages [`aws-sdk-dynamodb`] as a DynamoDB client.
+///
+/// [`aws-sdk-dynamodb`]: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct DynamoDbSessionStore {
     configuration: CacheConfiguration,
@@ -60,7 +106,7 @@ impl DynamoDbSessionStore {
     /// As a default, it expects a DynamoDB table name of 'sessions', with a single partition key of 'SessionId' this can be overridden using the [`DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder`].
     pub fn builder() -> DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder {
         DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder {
-            configuration: CacheConfiguration::default(),
+            configuration: CacheConfiguration::default()
         }
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +122,7 @@ impl DynamoDbSessionStore {
 /// [`DynamoDbSessionStore`]: crate::storage::DynamoDbSessionStore
 #[must_use]
 pub struct DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder {
-    configuration: CacheConfiguration,
+    configuration: CacheConfiguration
 }
 
 impl DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder {
@@ -99,6 +145,27 @@ impl DynamoDbSessionStoreBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set the credentials to use for the DynamoDB client.
+    pub fn with_credentials(mut self, credentials: Credentials) -> Self {
+        self.configuration.credentials = Some(credentials);
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the SDK config to use for the DynamoDB client.
+    pub fn with_sdk_config(mut self, config: Config) -> Self {
+        self.configuration.sdk_config = Some(config);
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set the region to use for the DynamoDB client.
+    pub fn with_region(mut self, region: Region) -> Self {
+        self.configuration.region = Some(region);
+
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Set the endpoint to use if using DynamoDB Local. Defaults to 'http://localhost:8000'.
     pub fn dynamo_db_local_endpoint(mut self, dynamo_db_local_endpoint: String) -> Self {
         self.configuration.dynamo_db_local_endpoint = dynamo_db_local_endpoint;
diff --git a/actix-session/src/storage/mod.rs b/actix-session/src/storage/mod.rs
index 33046733f..a194813d6 100644
--- a/actix-session/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-session/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mod redis_rs;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "redis-actor-session", feature = "redis-rs-session"))]
 mod utils;
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "dynamo-db"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "dynamo-db")]
 mod dynamo_db;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cookie-session")]