diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index bb655e629..db1d6c28e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 			"-s {{.SecretKey}} " +
 			"-d {{.BundleDirectory}} " +
 			"--batch " +
+			"--location {{.Region}} " +
 			"--retry"
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/step_upload_bundle.go b/builder/amazon/instance/step_upload_bundle.go
index e002ff43d..ec654aa61 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/step_upload_bundle.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/step_upload_bundle.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type uploadCmdData struct {
 	BucketName      string
 	BundleDirectory string
 	ManifestPath    string
+	Region          string
 	SecretKey       string
 }
 
@@ -23,12 +24,20 @@ func (s *StepUploadBundle) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	manifestPath := state.Get("manifest_path").(string)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
-	var err error
+	region, err := config.Region()
+	if err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving region: %s", err)
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
 	config.BundleUploadCommand, err = config.tpl.Process(config.BundleUploadCommand, uploadCmdData{
 		AccessKey:       config.AccessKey,
 		BucketName:      config.S3Bucket,
 		BundleDirectory: config.BundleDestination,
 		ManifestPath:    manifestPath,
+		Region:          region.Name,
 		SecretKey:       config.SecretKey,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
index 3135bf322..42e34e48b 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ sudo -n ec2-upload-bundle \
 	-s {{.SecretKey}} \
 	-d {{.BundleDirectory}} \
 	--batch \
+	--location {{.Region}} \
 	--retry
 ```