diff --git a/config_tempest/main.py b/config_tempest/main.py
index 0bb9ece8..d93d42d8 100755
--- a/config_tempest/main.py
+++ b/config_tempest/main.py
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ def set_cloud_config_values(non_admin, cloud_creds, conf):
             conf.set('auth', 'admin_password', cloud_creds['password'])
         conf.set('identity', 'uri', cloud_creds['auth_url'])
 
+        if 'region_name' in cloud_creds:
+            conf.set('identity', 'region', cloud_creds['region_name'])
     except cfg.NoSuchOptError:
         LOG.warning(
             'Could not load some identity options from cloud config file')
@@ -415,6 +417,9 @@ def get_cloud_creds(args_namespace):
     cloud = os_client_config.OpenStackConfig()
     cloud = cloud.get_one_cloud(argparse=args_namespace)
     cloud_creds = cloud.config.get('auth')
+    region_name = cloud.config.get('region_name')
+    if region_name:
+        cloud_creds['region_name'] = region_name
     return cloud_creds
 
 
diff --git a/config_tempest/tests/test_config_tempest.py b/config_tempest/tests/test_config_tempest.py
index 1a152e66..d0ef044d 100644
--- a/config_tempest/tests/test_config_tempest.py
+++ b/config_tempest/tests/test_config_tempest.py
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ class TestOsClientConfigSupport(BaseConfigTempestTest):
                      'get_project_by_name')
         self.useFixture(MonkeyPatch(func2mock, mock_function))
 
-    def _obtain_client_config_data(self, non_admin):
+    def _obtain_client_config_data(self, non_admin=True, region_name=None):
         cloud_args = {
             'username': 'cloud_user',
             'password': 'cloud_pass',
             'project_name': 'cloud_project',
             'auth_url': 'http://auth.url.com/'
         }
+        if region_name:
+            cloud_args.update(region_name=region_name)
         # create an empty conf
         conf = tempest_conf.TempestConf()
         conf.set('identity', 'uri', cloud_args['auth_url'], priority=True)
@@ -84,12 +86,18 @@ class TestOsClientConfigSupport(BaseConfigTempestTest):
                              conf.get('auth', 'admin_password'))
             self.assertEqual(cloud_args['project_name'],
                              conf.get('auth', 'admin_project_name'))
+        if region_name:
+            self.assertEqual(cloud_args['region_name'],
+                             conf.get('identity', 'region'))
 
     def test_init_manager_client_config(self):
-        self._obtain_client_config_data(True)
+        self._obtain_client_config_data()
 
     def test_init_manager_client_config_as_admin(self):
-        self._obtain_client_config_data(False)
+        self._obtain_client_config_data(non_admin=False)
+
+    def test_init_manager_client_config_region_name(self):
+        self._obtain_client_config_data(region_name='regionOne')
 
     @mock.patch('os_client_config.cloud_config.CloudConfig')
     def test_init_manager_client_config_get_default(self, mock_args):