diff --git a/hub/store/s3_file_system_replacement.py b/hub/store/s3_file_system_replacement.py
index 03198f3545..a77a0af893 100644
--- a/hub/store/s3_file_system_replacement.py
+++ b/hub/store/s3_file_system_replacement.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ def get_mapper(self, root: str, check=False, create=False):
         root = "s3://" + root
         client_kwargs = self._kwargs.get("client_kwargs")
         endpoint_url = client_kwargs and client_kwargs.get("endpoint_url") or None
+        aws_region = client_kwargs and client_kwargs.get("region_name") or None
         return S3Storage(
             self,
             root,
             aws_access_key_id=self._kwargs.get("key"),
             aws_secret_access_key=self._kwargs.get("secret"),
             aws_session_token=self._kwargs.get("token"),
+            aws_region=aws_region,
             endpoint_url=endpoint_url,
         )
diff --git a/hub/store/s3_storage.py b/hub/store/s3_storage.py
index 949f9c05f2..7917c40804 100644
--- a/hub/store/s3_storage.py
+++ b/hub/store/s3_storage.py
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ def __init__(
         aws_session_token=None,
         parallel=25,
         endpoint_url=None,
+        aws_region=None,
     ):
         self.s3fs = s3fs
         self.root = {}
         self.url = url
         self.public = public
         self.parallel = parallel
+        self.aws_region = aws_region
         self.endpoint_url = endpoint_url
         self.bucket = url.split("/")[2]
         self.path = "/".join(url.split("/")[3:])
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ def __init__(
             aws_session_token=aws_session_token,
             config=client_config,
             endpoint_url=endpoint_url,
+            region_name=aws_region,
         )
 
         self.resource = boto3.resource(
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ def __init__(
             aws_session_token=aws_session_token,
             config=client_config,
             endpoint_url=endpoint_url,
+            region_name=aws_region,
         )
 
     def __setitem__(self, path, content):