diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/intrinsic.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/intrinsic.ts
index f880162fa9015..88cbe6ee02af7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/intrinsic.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/intrinsic.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ import { IResolvable, IResolveContext } from '../resolvable';
 import { captureStackTrace } from '../stack-trace';
 import { Token } from '../token';
 
+/**
+ * Customization properties for an Intrinsic token
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface IntrinsicProps {
+  /**
+   * Capture the stack trace of where this token is created
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  readonly stackTrace?: boolean;
+}
+
 /**
  * Token subclass that represents values intrinsic to the target document language
  *
@@ -20,12 +34,12 @@ export class Intrinsic implements IResolvable {
 
   private readonly value: any;
 
-  constructor(value: any) {
+  constructor(value: any, options: IntrinsicProps = {}) {
     if (isFunction(value)) {
       throw new Error(`Argument to Intrinsic must be a plain value object, got ${value}`);
     }
 
-    this.creationStack = captureStackTrace();
+    this.creationStack = options.stackTrace ?? true ? captureStackTrace() : [];
     this.value = value;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/util.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/util.ts
index 7416189a33360..6924b197667af 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/util.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/util.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function filterUndefined(obj: any): any {
  */
 export class PostResolveToken extends Intrinsic implements IPostProcessor {
   constructor(value: any, private readonly processor: (x: any) => any) {
-    super(value);
+    super(value, { stackTrace: false });
   }
 
   public resolve(context: IResolveContext) {