diff --git a/mocks/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go b/mocks/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
index 0ee82e5e..d49123f4 100644
--- a/mocks/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
+++ b/mocks/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
@@ -294,6 +294,36 @@ func (_m *AWSResourceManager) Update(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.AWSResource,
 	return r0, r1
 }
 
+// OnAdopted provides a mock function with given fields: _a0, _a1
+func (_m *AWSResourceManager) OnAdopted(_a0 context.Context, _a1 types.AWSResource) (types.AWSResource, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(_a0, _a1)
+
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		panic("no return value specified for OnAdopted")
+	}
+
+	var r0 types.AWSResource
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.AWSResource) (types.AWSResource, error)); ok {
+		return rf(_a0, _a1)
+	}
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, types.AWSResource) types.AWSResource); ok {
+		r0 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).(types.AWSResource)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, types.AWSResource) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(_a0, _a1)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
+
 // NewAWSResourceManager creates a new instance of AWSResourceManager. It also registers a testing interface on the mock and a cleanup function to assert the mocks expectations.
 // The first argument is typically a *testing.T value.
 func NewAWSResourceManager(t interface {
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go b/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
index 2abf836d..b80da124 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/reconciler.go
@@ -599,6 +599,10 @@ func (r *resourceReconciler) Sync(
 		if err != nil {
 			return latest, err
 		}
+		latest, err = rm.OnAdopted(ctx, latest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return latest, err
+		}
 	} else if isReadOnly {
 		delta := r.rd.Delta(desired, latest)
 		if delta.DifferentAt("Spec") {
@@ -616,6 +620,9 @@ func (r *resourceReconciler) Sync(
 			if err = r.setResourceManagedAndAdopted(ctx, rm, latest); err != nil {
 				return latest, err
 			}
+			if latest, err = rm.OnAdopted(ctx, latest); err != nil {
+				return latest, err
+			}
 			err = requeue.Needed(fmt.Errorf("adopted resource, requeuing to check for updates"))
 			return latest, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/reconciler_test.go b/pkg/runtime/reconciler_test.go
index 9dd9cac5..e96e7d30 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/reconciler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/reconciler_test.go
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ func TestReconcilerAdoptResource(t *testing.T) {
 	rm.On("FilterSystemTags", latest, []string{})
 	rd.On("MarkAdopted", latest).Return()
 	rm.On("EnsureTags", ctx, desired, scmd).Return(nil)
+	rm.On("OnAdopted", ctx, latest).Return(latest, nil)
 	statusWriter := &ctrlrtclientmock.SubResourceWriter{}
 	kc.On("Patch", withoutCancelContextMatcher, latestRTObj, mock.AnythingOfType("*client.mergeFromPatch")).Return(nil)
 	kc.On("Status").Return(statusWriter)
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ func TestReconcilerAdoptOrCreateResource_Adopt(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r, kc, scmd := reconcilerMocks(rmf)
 	rm.On("EnsureTags", ctx, desired, scmd).Return(nil)
+	rm.On("OnAdopted", ctx, latest).Return(latest, nil)
 	statusWriter := &ctrlrtclientmock.SubResourceWriter{}
 	kc.On("Status").Return(statusWriter)
 	kc.On("Patch", withoutCancelContextMatcher, latestRTObj, mock.AnythingOfType("*client.mergeFromPatch")).Return(nil)
diff --git a/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go b/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
index 6ca943e6..55aa4bc7 100644
--- a/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/types/aws_resource_manager.go
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ type AWSResourceManager interface {
 	// Eg. resources created with cloudformation have tags that cannot be
 	//removed by an ACK controller
 	FilterSystemTags(AWSResource, []string)
+	// OnAdopted is called after a resource has been successfully adopted
+	// and marked as managed. Controllers can use this hook to perform
+	// custom post-adoption logic.
+	OnAdopted(context.Context, AWSResource) (AWSResource, error)
 }
 
 // AWSResourceManagerFactory returns an AWSResourceManager that can be used to