diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bdbdeea29..28c6e8c90 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ jobs:
       S3_SECRET_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_BUCKET: 'speckle-server'
       S3_CREATE_BUCKET: 'true'
+      S3_REGION: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
     steps:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache:
diff --git a/docker-compose-speckle.yml b/docker-compose-speckle.yml
index a090ccf17..5f1262bbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose-speckle.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-speckle.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ services:
       S3_SECRET_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_BUCKET: 'speckle-server'
       S3_CREATE_BUCKET: 'true'
+      S3_REGION: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
       FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB: 100
 
   preview-service:
@@ -77,5 +78,6 @@ services:
       S3_ACCESS_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_SECRET_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_BUCKET: 'speckle-server'
+      S3_REGION: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
 
       SPECKLE_SERVER_URL: 'http://speckle-server:3000'
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/objectStorage.js b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/objectStorage.js
index db681a589..7b1be8c73 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/objectStorage.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/objectStorage.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const getS3Config = () => {
       forcePathStyle: true,
       // s3ForcePathStyle: true,
       // signatureVersion: 'v4',
-      region: 'us-east-1'
+      region: process.env.S3_REGION || 'us-east-1'
     }
   }
   return s3Config
diff --git a/utils/1click_image_scripts/template-docker-compose.yml b/utils/1click_image_scripts/template-docker-compose.yml
index c6737fc36..0e2529d22 100644
--- a/utils/1click_image_scripts/template-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/utils/1click_image_scripts/template-docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ services:
       S3_SECRET_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_BUCKET: 'speckle-server'
       S3_CREATE_BUCKET: 'true'
+      S3_REGION: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
 
       FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB: 100
 
@@ -116,5 +117,6 @@ services:
       S3_ACCESS_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_SECRET_KEY: 'minioadmin'
       S3_BUCKET: 'speckle-server'
+      S3_REGION: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
 
       SPECKLE_SERVER_URL: 'http://speckle-server:3000'
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
index 64c3b758b..e0a20cb6b 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ spec:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: {{ .Values.secretName }}
                 key: s3_secret_key
+          - name: S3_REGION
+            value: "{{ .Values.s3.region }}"
 
           - name: FILE_IMPORT_TIME_LIMIT_MIN
             value: {{ .Values.fileimport_service.time_limit_min | quote }}
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
index 59b585251..c9449eab6 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/server/deployment.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ spec:
                 key: s3_secret_key
           - name: S3_CREATE_BUCKET
             value: "{{ .Values.s3.create_bucket }}"
+          - name: S3_REGION
+            value: "{{ .Values.s3.region }}"
 
           {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
index 6597de9c9..5d89ceb83 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ s3:
   bucket: ''
   access_key: ''
   create_bucket: 'false'
+  region: '' # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1'
   # secret_key: secret -> s3_secret_key
   networkPolicy: # if network policy is enabled for any service, this provides the networkPolicy with the necessary details to allow egress connections to the s3 compatible storage
     externalToCluster: # use if the s3 compatible storage is external to the kubernetes cluster