diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/nova.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/nova.rb
index c05a378a1..134df89cf 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/nova.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/nova.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class Puppet::Provider::Nova < Puppet::Provider::Openstack
       @credentials.user_domain_name = nova_credentials['user_domain_name']
       @credentials.project_domain_name = nova_credentials['project_domain_name']
     end
+    if nova_credentials['region_name']
+      @credentials.region_name = nova_credentials['region_name']
+    end
     raise error unless @credentials.set?
     Puppet::Provider::Openstack.request(service, action, properties, @credentials)
   end
diff --git a/releasenotes/releasenotes/notes/fix_region_name_in_providers-a0a3b7c579d163dc.yaml b/releasenotes/releasenotes/notes/fix_region_name_in_providers-a0a3b7c579d163dc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c20dfe885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/releasenotes/notes/fix_region_name_in_providers-a0a3b7c579d163dc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - When some of the nova providers (such as nova_aggregate) were switched over
+    to use the shared provider code in puppet-openstacklib, region support was
+    inadvertently dropped.  This restores support for regions for all
+    providers.
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/nova_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/nova_spec.rb
index 3f6ccf1bb..c286f6c71 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/nova_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/nova_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe Puppet::Provider::Nova do
       'project_name' => 'admin_tenant',
       'username'     => 'admin',
       'password'     => 'password',
+      'region_name'  => 'Region1',
     }
   end
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ describe Puppet::Provider::Nova do
         :OS_USERNAME     => credential_hash['username'],
         :OS_PROJECT_NAME => credential_hash['project_name'],
         :OS_PASSWORD     => credential_hash['password'],
+        :OS_REGION_NAME => credential_hash['region_name'],
       }
       klass.expects(:get_nova_credentials).with().returns(credential_hash)
       klass.expects(:withenv).with(authenv)