diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/README.md
index a86bfe5b77460..509959c8b186d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/README.md
@@ -161,3 +161,23 @@ const cluster = new docdb.DatabaseCluster(this, 'Database', {
   cloudWatchLogsRetentionRole: myLogsPublishingRole, // Optional - a role will be created if not provided
 });
 ```
+
+## Enable Performance Insights
+
+By enabling this feature it will be cascaded and enabled in all instances inside the cluster:
+
+```ts
+declare const vpc: ec2.Vpc;
+
+const cluster = new docdb.DatabaseCluster(this, 'Database', {
+  masterUser: {
+    username: 'myuser',
+  },
+  instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.MEMORY5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
+  vpcSubnets: {
+    subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC,
+  },
+  vpc,
+  enablePerformanceInsights: true, // Enable Performance Insights in all instances under this cluster
+});
+```
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/cluster.ts
index 03c4801d3977d..c26a8a63cbae5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/cluster.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ export interface DatabaseClusterProps {
     * @default - a new role is created.
     */
   readonly cloudWatchLogsRetentionRole?: IRole;
+
+  /**
+   * A value that indicates whether to enable Performance Insights for the instances in the DB Cluster.
+   *
+   * @default - false
+   */
+  readonly enablePerformanceInsights?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -509,6 +516,7 @@ export class DatabaseCluster extends DatabaseClusterBase {
         dbInstanceIdentifier: instanceIdentifier,
         // Instance properties
         dbInstanceClass: databaseInstanceType(props.instanceType),
+        enablePerformanceInsights: props.enablePerformanceInsights,
       });
 
       instance.applyRemovalPolicy(props.removalPolicy, {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/instance.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/instance.ts
index 9611235077389..2acf386893b4a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/lib/instance.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ export interface DatabaseInstanceProps {
    * @default RemovalPolicy.Retain
    */
   readonly removalPolicy?: cdk.RemovalPolicy
+
+  /**
+   * A value that indicates whether to enable Performance Insights for the DB Instance.
+   *
+   * @default - false
+   */
+  readonly enablePerformanceInsights?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -208,6 +215,7 @@ export class DatabaseInstance extends DatabaseInstanceBase implements IDatabaseI
       availabilityZone: props.availabilityZone,
       dbInstanceIdentifier: props.dbInstanceName,
       preferredMaintenanceWindow: props.preferredMaintenanceWindow,
+      enablePerformanceInsights: props.enablePerformanceInsights,
     });
 
     this.cluster = props.cluster;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/cluster.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/cluster.test.ts
index 9b2ba729a7934..7e07f33f7d39f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/cluster.test.ts
@@ -706,6 +706,29 @@ describe('DatabaseCluster', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('can enable Performance Insights on instances', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = testStack();
+    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'VPC');
+
+    // WHEN
+    new DatabaseCluster(stack, 'Database', {
+      masterUser: {
+        username: 'admin',
+      },
+      instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.BURSTABLE2, ec2.InstanceSize.SMALL),
+      vpc,
+      enablePerformanceInsights: true,
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResource('AWS::DocDB::DBInstance', {
+      Properties: {
+        EnablePerformanceInsights: true,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   test('single user rotation', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = testStack();
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/instance.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/instance.test.ts
index 5c3fdb9e1f036..761c842efce56 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/instance.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/instance.test.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,25 @@ describe('DatabaseInstance', () => {
       Value: `${instanceEndpointAddress}:${port}`,
     });
   });
+
+  test('can enable performance insights on instances', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = testStack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    new DatabaseInstance(stack, 'Instance', {
+      cluster: stack.cluster,
+      instanceType: SINGLE_INSTANCE_TYPE,
+      enablePerformanceInsights: true,
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResource('AWS::DocDB::DBInstance', {
+      Properties: {
+        EnablePerformanceInsights: true,
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 class TestStack extends cdk.Stack {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.assets.json
index d9f99b3ff0cac..bb7c2c7f22afd 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.assets.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.assets.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "version": "20.0.0",
+  "version": "30.1.0",
   "files": {
-    "811c147f8ed74c3803d8df4f44e3f6a7e7779b21e729fc8cb3b66a685054a393": {
+    "f7cbfe0c634dda7840ec3c05f938c0badf4e3f4f4b183a058b1245d482d019bd": {
       "source": {
         "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ.template.json",
         "packaging": "file"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "destinations": {
         "current_account-current_region": {
           "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-          "objectKey": "811c147f8ed74c3803d8df4f44e3f6a7e7779b21e729fc8cb3b66a685054a393.json",
+          "objectKey": "f7cbfe0c634dda7840ec3c05f938c0badf4e3f4f4b183a058b1245d482d019bd.json",
           "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.template.json
index c810d3a1e6c3e..00e8e0ad2734e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-docdb-integ.template.json
@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@
     "DBClusterIdentifier": {
      "Ref": "DatabaseB269D8BB"
     },
-    "DBInstanceClass": "db.r5.large"
+    "DBInstanceClass": "db.r5.large",
+    "EnablePerformanceInsights": true
    },
    "DependsOn": [
     "VPCPublicSubnet1DefaultRoute91CEF279",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/cdk.out b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/cdk.out
index 588d7b269d34f..b72fef144f05c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/cdk.out
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/cdk.out
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"20.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"version":"30.1.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/integ.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/integ.json
index b26125fa26b7a..aa6bd7ed54c18 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/integ.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/integ.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "20.0.0",
+  "version": "30.1.0",
   "testCases": {
     "integ.cluster": {
       "stacks": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/manifest.json
index 5acfb39cb3cc7..441cbfdd1f1b3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "version": "20.0.0",
+  "version": "30.1.0",
   "artifacts": {
-    "Tree": {
-      "type": "cdk:tree",
-      "properties": {
-        "file": "tree.json"
-      }
-    },
     "aws-cdk-docdb-integ.assets": {
       "type": "cdk:asset-manifest",
       "properties": {
@@ -23,7 +17,7 @@
         "validateOnSynth": false,
         "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
         "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/811c147f8ed74c3803d8df4f44e3f6a7e7779b21e729fc8cb3b66a685054a393.json",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/f7cbfe0c634dda7840ec3c05f938c0badf4e3f4f4b183a058b1245d482d019bd.json",
         "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
         "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
         "additionalDependencies": [
@@ -233,6 +227,12 @@
         ]
       },
       "displayName": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ"
+    },
+    "Tree": {
+      "type": "cdk:tree",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "tree.json"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/tree.json
index e8252c13c9841..18a9822e08393 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/tree.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
     "id": "App",
     "path": "",
     "children": {
-      "Tree": {
-        "id": "Tree",
-        "path": "Tree",
-        "constructInfo": {
-          "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-          "version": "10.1.85"
-        }
-      },
       "aws-cdk-docdb-integ": {
         "id": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ",
         "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ",
@@ -91,8 +83,8 @@
                     "id": "Acl",
                     "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/VPC/PublicSubnet1/Acl",
                     "constructInfo": {
-                      "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-                      "version": "10.1.85"
+                      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Resource",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
                     }
                   },
                   "RouteTable": {
@@ -258,8 +250,8 @@
                     "id": "Acl",
                     "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/VPC/PublicSubnet2/Acl",
                     "constructInfo": {
-                      "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-                      "version": "10.1.85"
+                      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Resource",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
                     }
                   },
                   "RouteTable": {
@@ -425,8 +417,8 @@
                     "id": "Acl",
                     "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/VPC/PrivateSubnet1/Acl",
                     "constructInfo": {
-                      "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-                      "version": "10.1.85"
+                      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Resource",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
                     }
                   },
                   "RouteTable": {
@@ -544,8 +536,8 @@
                     "id": "Acl",
                     "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/VPC/PrivateSubnet2/Acl",
                     "constructInfo": {
-                      "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-                      "version": "10.1.85"
+                      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Resource",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
                     }
                   },
                   "RouteTable": {
@@ -880,7 +872,8 @@
                     "dbClusterIdentifier": {
                       "Ref": "DatabaseB269D8BB"
                     },
-                    "dbInstanceClass": "db.r5.large"
+                    "dbInstanceClass": "db.r5.large",
+                    "enablePerformanceInsights": true
                   }
                 },
                 "constructInfo": {
@@ -893,17 +886,41 @@
               "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-docdb.DatabaseCluster",
               "version": "0.0.0"
             }
+          },
+          "BootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "BootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/BootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.CfnParameter",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-docdb-integ/CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.CfnRule",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
           }
         },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Stack",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "Tree": {
+        "id": "Tree",
+        "path": "Tree",
         "constructInfo": {
           "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-          "version": "10.1.85"
+          "version": "10.1.270"
         }
       }
     },
     "constructInfo": {
-      "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
-      "version": "10.1.85"
+      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.App",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.ts
index 1922febe59a98..f97ff065c7eb4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-docdb/test/integ.cluster.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TestStack extends cdk.Stack {
       parameterGroup: params,
       kmsKey,
       removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
+      enablePerformanceInsights: true,
     });
 
     cluster.connections.allowDefaultPortFromAnyIpv4('Open to the world');