diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/api-gateway.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/api-gateway.ts
index 11fd71abcf056..fb9027b2a60c3 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/api-gateway.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/api-gateway.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ export interface ApiGatewayProps extends TargetBaseProps {
  */
 export class ApiGateway implements events.IRuleTarget {
 
-  constructor(public readonly restApi: api.RestApi, private readonly props?: ApiGatewayProps) {
+  /**
+   * @param restApi - IRestApi implementation to use as event target
+   * @param props - Properties to configure the APIGatway target
+   */
+  constructor(public readonly restApi: api.IRestApi, private readonly props?: ApiGatewayProps) {
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/test/api-gateway/api-gateway.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/test/api-gateway/api-gateway.test.ts
index dcd598bbfa89a..ddf0d729c1c27 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/test/api-gateway/api-gateway.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/test/api-gateway/api-gateway.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,62 @@ import * as sqs from '../../../aws-sqs';
 import * as cdk from '../../../core';
 import * as targets from '../../lib';
 
+test('use a SpecRestApi APIGateway event rule target', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+  const specRestApi = newTestSpecRestApi(stack);
+  const rule = new events.Rule(stack, 'Rule', {
+    schedule: events.Schedule.rate(cdk.Duration.minutes(1)),
+  });
+
+  // WHEN
+  rule.addTarget(new targets.ApiGateway(specRestApi));
+
+  // THEN
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+    Targets: [
+      {
+        Arn: {
+          'Fn::Join': [
+            '',
+            [
+              'arn:',
+              {
+                Ref: 'AWS::Partition',
+              },
+              ':execute-api:',
+              {
+                Ref: 'AWS::Region',
+              },
+              ':',
+              {
+                Ref: 'AWS::AccountId',
+              },
+              ':',
+              {
+                Ref: 'MySpecRestApiFB7DB2AB',
+              },
+              '/',
+              {
+                Ref: 'MySpecRestApiDeploymentStageprod8522A503',
+              },
+              '/*/',
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
+        HttpParameters: {},
+        Id: 'Target0',
+        RoleArn: {
+          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+            'MySpecRestApiEventsRole25C1D10F',
+            'Arn',
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+});
+
 test('use api gateway rest api as an event rule target', () => {
   // GIVEN
   const stack = new cdk.Stack();
@@ -261,3 +317,12 @@ function newTestRestApi(scope: constructs.Construct, suffix = '') {
     handler: lambdaFunctin,
   } );
 }
+
+function newTestSpecRestApi(scope: constructs.Construct, suffix = '') {
+  return new api.SpecRestApi( scope, `MySpecRestApi${suffix}`, {
+    apiDefinition: api.ApiDefinition.fromInline({
+      openapi: '3.0.2',
+      paths: {},
+    }),
+  } );
+}