diff --git a/backup/main.py b/backup/main.py
index 833ce7e742..64fa47bae9 100644
--- a/backup/main.py
+++ b/backup/main.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ cli_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('db-datadir'),
     cfg.StrOpt('os-token'),
     cfg.StrOpt('os-auth-url'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('os-region-name'),
     cfg.StrOpt('os-tenant-id'),
     cfg.StrOpt('swift-container', default='database_backups'),
     cfg.DictOpt('swift-extra-metadata'),
diff --git a/backup/storage/swift.py b/backup/storage/swift.py
index 38ec6761c7..a3226a1e24 100644
--- a/backup/storage/swift.py
+++ b/backup/storage/swift.py
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ def _get_user_keystone_session(auth_url, token, tenant_id):
     return session.Session(auth=auth, verify=False)
 
 
-def _get_service_client(auth_url, token, tenant_id):
+def _get_service_client(auth_url, token, tenant_id, region_name=None):
     sess = _get_user_keystone_session(auth_url, token, tenant_id)
-    return swiftclient.Connection(session=sess)
+    os_options = None
+    if region_name:
+        os_options = {
+            'region_name': region_name
+        }
+    return swiftclient.Connection(session=sess, os_options=os_options)
 
 
 def _set_attr(original):
@@ -111,7 +116,8 @@ class StreamReader(object):
 class SwiftStorage(base.Storage):
     def __init__(self):
         self.client = _get_service_client(CONF.os_auth_url, CONF.os_token,
-                                          CONF.os_tenant_id)
+                                          CONF.os_tenant_id,
+                                          region_name=CONF.os_region_name)
 
     def save(self, stream, metadata=None, container='database_backups'):
         """Persist data from the stream to swift.
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
index 5cbc8ef1f4..7dbb01a8f7 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ class BaseMySqlApp(service.BaseDbApp):
         backup_driver = self.get_backup_strategy()
         user_token = context.auth_token
         auth_url = CONF.service_credentials.auth_url
+        region_name = CONF.service_credentials.region_name
         user_tenant = context.project_id
         image = self.get_backup_image()
         name = 'db_restore'
@@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ class BaseMySqlApp(service.BaseDbApp):
             f'/usr/bin/python3 main.py --nobackup '
             f'--storage-driver={storage_driver} --driver={backup_driver} '
             f'--os-token={user_token} --os-auth-url={auth_url} '
-            f'--os-tenant-id={user_tenant} '
+            f'--os-tenant-id={user_tenant} --os-region-name={region_name} '
             f'--restore-from={backup_info["location"]} '
             f'--restore-checksum={backup_info["checksum"]}'
         )
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/postgres/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/postgres/service.py
index 7d5fbfb4f2..d53332ba68 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/postgres/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/postgres/service.py
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ class PgSqlApp(service.BaseDbApp):
 
         os_cred = (f"--os-token={context.auth_token} "
                    f"--os-auth-url={CONF.service_credentials.auth_url} "
-                   f"--os-tenant-id={context.project_id}")
+                   f"--os-tenant-id={context.project_id} "
+                   f"--os-region-name={CONF.service_credentials.region_name}")
 
         command = (
             f'/usr/bin/python3 main.py --nobackup '
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/service.py
index 2134da2f9e..5d2a9f85ac 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/service.py
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ class BaseDbApp(object):
         image = self.get_backup_image()
         os_cred = (f"--os-token={context.auth_token} "
                    f"--os-auth-url={CONF.service_credentials.auth_url} "
-                   f"--os-tenant-id={context.project_id}")
+                   f"--os-tenant-id={context.project_id} "
+                   f"--os-region-name={CONF.service_credentials.region_name}")
 
         db_userinfo = ''
         if need_dbuser: