diff --git a/packages/auth/src/environment.js b/packages/auth/src/environment.js
index 4d1453837c..cddd7ab98a 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/environment.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
   REDIS_PASSWORD: process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD,
   MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: process.env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
   MINIO_SECRET_KEY: process.env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
+  AWS_REGION: process.env.AWS_REGION,
   MINIO_URL: process.env.MINIO_URL,
   INTERNAL_API_KEY: process.env.INTERNAL_API_KEY,
   MULTI_TENANCY: process.env.MULTI_TENANCY,
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/objectStore/index.js b/packages/auth/src/objectStore/index.js
index 81bdd06b62..9f271ad80e 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/objectStore/index.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/objectStore/index.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ exports.ObjectStore = bucket => {
   AWS.config.update({
     accessKeyId: env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
     secretAccessKey: env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
+    region: env.AWS_REGION,
   })
   const config = {
     s3ForcePathStyle: true,