diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
index d2f055f0..447a8048 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
       customRolesProvided.push('role' in stateMachineObj);
 
       const stateMachineJson = JSON.stringify(stateMachineObj);
-      const regex = new RegExp(/"Resource":"([\w\-:*]*)"/gi);
+      const regex = new RegExp(/"Resource":"([\w\-:*#{}.]*)"/gi);
       let match = regex.exec(stateMachineJson);
       while (match !== null) {
         functionArns.push(match[1]);
diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
index b6f7d714..23fc91a3 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileIamRole.test.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ describe('#compileIamRole', () => {
     const helloLambda = 'arn:aws:lambda:123:*:function:hello';
     const worldLambda = 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:world';
     const fooLambda = 'arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2::function:foo_';
+    const barLambda = 'arn:aws:lambda:#{AWS::Region}:#{AWS::AccountId}:function:bar';
     serverless.service.stepFunctions = {
       stateMachines: {
         myStateMachine1: {
@@ -131,6 +132,19 @@ describe('#compileIamRole', () => {
             },
           },
         },
+        myStateMachine4: {
+          name: 'stateMachineBeta4',
+          definition: {
+            StartAt: 'Bar',
+            States: {
+              Hello: {
+                Type: 'Task',
+                Resource: barLambda,
+                End: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
       },
     };
 
@@ -139,6 +153,6 @@ describe('#compileIamRole', () => {
       .provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources.IamRoleStateMachineExecution
       .Properties.Policies[0];
     expect(policy.PolicyDocument.Statement[0].Resource)
-      .to.be.deep.equal([helloLambda, worldLambda, fooLambda]);
+      .to.be.deep.equal([helloLambda, worldLambda, fooLambda, barLambda]);
   });
 });