diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr b/inventory/group_vars/copr
index cbf790dcbb..cdede6b4e7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ dist_git_base_url: "copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org"
 
 ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
 
+copr_aws_region: us-east-1
+
 datacenter: cloud
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev
index 2ef2db91a3..eccbad6391 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ frontend_base_url: "https://copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
 dist_git_base_url: "copr-dist-git-dev.fedorainfracloud.org"
 
 ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
+
+copr_aws_region: us-east-1
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/aws-config b/roles/copr/backend/templates/aws-config
index ee8f7ce735..f71ed67983 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/aws-config
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/aws-config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [default]
-region = us-east-1
+region = {{ copr_aws_region }}
 output = json
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
index 9e44c25bfb..40e0552004 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 aws_access_key: {{ copr_aws_access_key_id }}
 aws_secret_key: {{ copr_aws_secret_access_key }}
 
-aws_region: us-east-1
+aws_region: {{ copr_aws_region }}
 
 builder_images:
   x86_64: "{{ copr_builder_images.aws.x86_64 }}"