diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78f95252837..b4319de00b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Vagrantfile
 .vagrant
 ansible.egg-info/
 /shippable/
-/test/integration/cloud-config-azure.yml
+/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
+!/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template
 # Release directory
 packaging/release/ansible_release
 /.cache/
diff --git a/test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml.template b/test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml.template
index ec8a2859c86..de66b34722a 100644
--- a/test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml.template
+++ b/test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml.template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 aws_access_key: @ACCESS_KEY
 aws_secret_key: @SECRET_KEY
 security_token: @SECURITY_TOKEN
+aws_region: @REGION
 # aliases for backwards compatibility with older integration test playbooks
 ec2_access_key: '{{ aws_access_key }}'
 ec2_secret_key: '{{ aws_secret_key }}'
+ec2_region: '{{ aws_region }}'
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/cloud/aws.py b/test/runner/lib/cloud/aws.py
index 5b4baeb8c1e..73cec7ed28e 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/cloud/aws.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/cloud/aws.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class AwsCloudProvider(CloudProvider):
                 ACCESS_KEY=credentials['access_key'],
                 SECRET_KEY=credentials['secret_key'],
                 SECURITY_TOKEN=credentials['session_token'],
+                REGION='us-east-1',
             )
 
             config = self._populate_config_template(config, values)