diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 7fcabe4..0fc0030 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 locals {
   enabled = module.this.enabled
 
+  table_name = var.table_name != null && var.table_name != "" ? var.table_name : module.this.id
+
   attributes = concat(
     [
       {
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ resource "null_resource" "local_secondary_index_names" {
 
 resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "default" {
   count                       = local.enabled ? 1 : 0
-  name                        = module.this.id
+  name                        = local.table_name
   billing_mode                = var.billing_mode
   read_capacity               = var.billing_mode == "PAY_PER_REQUEST" ? null : var.autoscale_min_read_capacity
   write_capacity              = var.billing_mode == "PAY_PER_REQUEST" ? null : var.autoscale_min_write_capacity
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 5ee1527..f8a57eb 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ variable "autoscaler_tags" {
   description = "Additional resource tags for the autoscaler module"
 }
 
+variable "table_name" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+  description = "Table name. If provided, the bucket will be created with this name instead of generating the name from the context"
+}
+
 variable "dynamodb_attributes" {
   type = list(object({
     name = string