diff --git a/modules/bootkube/manifests.tf b/modules/bootkube/manifests.tf
index 80813bac263..a584e8774ca 100644
--- a/modules/bootkube/manifests.tf
+++ b/modules/bootkube/manifests.tf
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ data "template_file" "manifest_file_list" {
     cluster_name      = "${var.cluster_name}"
     cluster_domain    = "${var.base_domain}"
     ssh_key           = "${var.ssh_key}"
+    region            = "${var.region}"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/bootkube/resources/manifests/mao-config.yaml b/modules/bootkube/resources/manifests/mao-config.yaml
index b18b7f6dd99..fef963d18c2 100644
--- a/modules/bootkube/resources/manifests/mao-config.yaml
+++ b/modules/bootkube/resources/manifests/mao-config.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ data:
     sshKey: ${ssh_key}
     clusterName: ${cluster_name}
     clusterDomain: ${cluster_domain}
+    region: ${region}
 metadata:
   name: mao-config-v1
   namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/modules/bootkube/variables.tf b/modules/bootkube/variables.tf
index f29d6b251c8..2042f26eb23 100644
--- a/modules/bootkube/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/bootkube/variables.tf
@@ -174,3 +174,7 @@ variable "base_domain" {
 variable "ssh_key" {
   type = "string"
 }
+
+variable "region" {
+  type = "string"
+}
diff --git a/steps/assets/aws/main.tf b/steps/assets/aws/main.tf
index 036c65e6946..e89e7a459cf 100644
--- a/steps/assets/aws/main.tf
+++ b/steps/assets/aws/main.tf
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module assets_base {
   tectonic_update_channel          = "${var.tectonic_update_channel}"
   tectonic_versions                = "${var.tectonic_versions}"
   ssh_key                          = "${var.tectonic_aws_ssh_key}"
+  region                           = "${var.tectonic_aws_region}"
 }
 
 # Removing assets is platform-specific
diff --git a/steps/assets/base/tectonic.tf b/steps/assets/base/tectonic.tf
index 1b861f07f18..57402e48177 100644
--- a/steps/assets/base/tectonic.tf
+++ b/steps/assets/base/tectonic.tf
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module "bootkube" {
   worker_ign_config = "${file("worker.ign")}"
   base_domain       = "${var.tectonic_base_domain}"
   ssh_key           = "${var.ssh_key}"
+  region            = "${var.region}"
 }
 
 module "tectonic" {
diff --git a/steps/assets/base/variables.tf b/steps/assets/base/variables.tf
index 966a327bc4e..8baeac80778 100644
--- a/steps/assets/base/variables.tf
+++ b/steps/assets/base/variables.tf
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ variable "ssh_key" {
   type    = "string"
   default = ""
 }
+
+variable "region" {
+  type    = "string"
+  default = ""
+}