diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b488c38b..f74b7b97 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "sentry/sentry": "^0.13",
         "ruflin/elastica": ">=0.90 <3.0",
         "doctrine/couchdb": "~1.0@dev",
-        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^2.4.9",
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^2.4.9 || ^3.0",
         "php-amqplib/php-amqplib": "~2.4",
         "swiftmailer/swiftmailer": "~5.3",
         "php-console/php-console": "^3.1.3",
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/DynamoDbHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/DynamoDbHandler.php
index 7b208309..ad1011d3 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/DynamoDbHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/DynamoDbHandler.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Monolog\Handler;
 
 use Aws\Common\Aws;
 use Aws\DynamoDb\DynamoDbClient;
+use Aws\DynamoDb\Marshaler;
 use Monolog\Formatter\ScalarFormatter;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,16 @@ class DynamoDbHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected $table;
 
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $version;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Marshaler
+     */
+    protected $marshaler;
+
     /**
      * @param DynamoDbClient $client
      * @param string         $table
@@ -44,8 +55,11 @@ class DynamoDbHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     public function __construct(DynamoDbClient $client, $table, $level = Logger::DEBUG, $bubble = true)
     {
-        if (!defined('Aws\Common\Aws::VERSION') || version_compare('3.0', Aws::VERSION, '<=')) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException('The DynamoDbHandler is only known to work with the AWS SDK 2.x releases');
+        if (defined('Aws\Common\Aws::VERSION') && version_compare(Aws::VERSION, '3.0', '>=')) {
+            $this->version = 3;
+            $this->marshaler = new Marshaler;
+        } else {
+            $this->version = 2;
         }
 
         $this->client = $client;
@@ -60,7 +74,11 @@ class DynamoDbHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
     protected function write(array $record)
     {
         $filtered = $this->filterEmptyFields($record['formatted']);
-        $formatted = $this->client->formatAttributes($filtered);
+        if ($this->version === 3) {
+            $formatted = $this->marshaler->marshalItem($filtered);
+        } else {
+            $formatted = $this->client->formatAttributes($filtered);
+        }
 
         $this->client->putItem(array(
             'TableName' => $this->table,