diff --git a/regional-whitelist.txt b/regional-whitelist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0881343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regional-whitelist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Transitional file to force generation of the new regional api for selected services
+# It will be removed when all services have been migrated to the new regional api
+objectstorage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/generate-sdk/languages/go.sh b/scripts/generate-sdk/languages/go.sh
index e2e3634..74a0130 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-sdk/languages/go.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-sdk/languages/go.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ generate_go_sdk() {
         GO_POST_PROCESS_FILE="gofmt -w" \
             mkdir -p ${SERVICES_FOLDER}/${service}/
         cp ${ROOT_DIR}/scripts/generate-sdk/.openapi-generator-ignore-go ${SERVICES_FOLDER}/${service}/.openapi-generator-ignore
+        regional_api=
+        if grep -E "^$service$" ${ROOT_DIR}/regional-whitelist.txt; then
+            echo "Generating new regional api"
+            regional_api="regional_api"
+        fi
 
         # Run the generator for Go
         java -Dlog.level=${GENERATOR_LOG_LEVEL} -jar ${jar_path} generate \
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ generate_go_sdk() {
             --git-user-id ${GIT_USER_ID} \
             --git-repo-id ${GIT_REPO_ID} \
             --global-property apis,models,modelTests=true,modelDocs=false,apiDocs=false,supportingFiles \
-            --additional-properties=isGoSubmodule=true,enumClassPrefix=true
+            --additional-properties=isGoSubmodule=true,enumClassPrefix=true,$regional_api
         # Remove unnecessary files
         rm ${SERVICES_FOLDER}/${service}/.openapi-generator-ignore
         rm ${SERVICES_FOLDER}/${service}/.openapi-generator/FILES
diff --git a/templates/go/client.mustache b/templates/go/client.mustache
index a5efa0a..4aebded 100644
--- a/templates/go/client.mustache
+++ b/templates/go/client.mustache
@@ -60,10 +60,15 @@ func NewAPIClient(opts ...config.ConfigurationOption) (*APIClient, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	{{#regional_api}}
+	// using new regional api, so no region is set here
+	{{/regional_api}}
+	{{^regional_api}}
 	err := config.ConfigureRegion(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("configuring region: %w", err)
 	}
+	{{/regional_api}}
 
 	if cfg.HTTPClient == nil {
 		cfg.HTTPClient = &http.Client{}