diff --git a/helm/rustfs/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/rustfs/templates/configmap.yaml
index 910ec874..132ff4c2 100644
--- a/helm/rustfs/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/rustfs/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ data:
   RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY: {{ .Values.config.rustfs.obs_log_directory | quote }}
   RUSTFS_CONSOLE_ENABLE: {{ .Values.config.rustfs.console_enable | quote }}
   RUSTFS_OBS_LOGGER_LEVEL: {{ .Values.config.rustfs.log_level | quote }}
+  {{- if .Values.config.rustfs.region }}
+  RUSTFS_REGION: {{ .Values.config.rustfs.region | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if .Values.mode.distributed.enabled }}
   {{- if eq (int .Values.replicaCount) 4 }}
   RUSTFS_VOLUMES: "http://{{ include "rustfs.fullname" . }}-{0...3}.{{ include "rustfs.fullname" . }}-headless:9000/data/rustfs{0...3}"
diff --git a/helm/rustfs/values.yaml b/helm/rustfs/values.yaml
index 17d23c43..851651ca 100644
--- a/helm/rustfs/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/rustfs/values.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ config:
     rust_log: "debug"
     console_enable: "true"
     obs_log_directory: "/logs"
+    region: "us-east-1"
 
 # This section builds out the service account more information can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/service-accounts/
 serviceAccount: