diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/lib/policy.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/lib/policy.ts
index ed150fa12e9cb..4032d17488931 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/lib/policy.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/lib/policy.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ResourcePolicy extends Resource {
       physicalName: props?.resourcePolicyName,
     });
 
-    new CfnResourcePolicy(this, 'ResourcePolicy', {
+    const l1 = new CfnResourcePolicy(this, 'ResourcePolicy', {
       policyName: Lazy.string({
         produce: () => props?.resourcePolicyName ?? Names.uniqueId(this),
       }),
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export class ResourcePolicy extends Resource {
       }),
     });
 
+    this.node.defaultChild = l1;
+
     if (props?.policyStatements) {
       this.document.addStatements(...props.policyStatements);
     }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/test/policy.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/test/policy.test.ts
index 8ffb66ab8eb29..325d9ac059a85 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/test/policy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-logs/test/policy.test.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,15 @@ describe('resource policy', () => {
       PolicyName: 'ResourcePolicy',
     });
   });
+
+  test('ResourcePolicy has a defaultChild', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    const resourcePolicy = new ResourcePolicy(stack, 'ResourcePolicy');
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(resourcePolicy.node.defaultChild).toBeDefined();
+  });
 });