diff --git a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
index 9f384ee24f2..0be2dd44d79 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ func buildScaler(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, triggerType string,
 		return scalers.NewAwsKinesisStreamScaler(config)
 	case "aws-sqs-queue":
 		return scalers.NewAwsSqsQueueScaler(config)
+	case "aws-dynamodb":
+		return scalers.NewAwsDynamoDBScaler(config)
 	case "azure-app-insights":
 		return scalers.NewAzureAppInsightsScaler(config)
 	case "azure-blob":