diff --git a/keystone/common/policies/region.py b/keystone/common/policies/region.py
index bbebc29c44..5b816e87a1 100644
--- a/keystone/common/policies/region.py
+++ b/keystone/common/policies/region.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ region_policies = [
         # pass these policies. Since the administrative policies of regions
         # require and administrator, it makes sense to isolate those to
         # `system` scope.
-        scope_types=['system', 'project'],
+        scope_types=['system', 'domain', 'project'],
         description='Show region details.',
         operations=[{'path': '/v3/regions/{region_id}',
                      'method': 'GET'},
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ region_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=base.IDENTITY % 'list_regions',
         check_str='',
-        scope_types=['system', 'project'],
+        scope_types=['system', 'domain', 'project'],
         description='List regions.',
         operations=[{'path': '/v3/regions',
                      'method': 'GET'},
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/protection/v3/test_regions.py b/keystone/tests/unit/protection/v3/test_regions.py
index 8fbde351a5..7acb9adc79 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/protection/v3/test_regions.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/protection/v3/test_regions.py
@@ -80,6 +80,40 @@ class _SystemReaderAndMemberUserRegionTests(object):
             )
 
 
+class _DomainAndProjectUserRegionTests(object):
+    """Common default functionality for all domain and project users."""
+
+    def test_user_cannot_create_regions(self):
+        create = {'region': {'description': uuid.uuid4().hex}}
+
+        with self.test_client() as c:
+            c.post(
+                '/v3/regions', json=create, headers=self.headers,
+                expected_status_code=http_client.FORBIDDEN
+            )
+
+    def test_user_cannot_update_regions(self):
+        region = PROVIDERS.catalog_api.create_region(unit.new_region_ref())
+
+        with self.test_client() as c:
+            update = {'region': {'description': uuid.uuid4().hex}}
+            c.patch(
+                '/v3/regions/%s' % region['id'], json=update,
+                headers=self.headers,
+                expected_status_code=http_client.FORBIDDEN
+            )
+
+    def test_user_cannot_delete_regions(self):
+        region = PROVIDERS.catalog_api.create_region(unit.new_region_ref())
+
+        with self.test_client() as c:
+            c.delete(
+                '/v3/regions/%s' % region['id'],
+                headers=self.headers,
+                expected_status_code=http_client.FORBIDDEN
+            )
+
+
 class SystemReaderTests(base_classes.TestCaseWithBootstrap,
                         common_auth.AuthTestMixin,
                         _UserRegionTests,
@@ -195,3 +229,39 @@ class SystemAdminTests(base_classes.TestCaseWithBootstrap,
 
         with self.test_client() as c:
             c.delete('/v3/regions/%s' % region['id'], headers=self.headers)
+
+
+class DomainUserTests(base_classes.TestCaseWithBootstrap,
+                      common_auth.AuthTestMixin,
+                      _UserRegionTests,
+                      _DomainAndProjectUserRegionTests):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DomainUserTests, self).setUp()
+        self.loadapp()
+        self.useFixture(ksfixtures.Policy(self.config_fixture))
+        self.config_fixture.config(group='oslo_policy', enforce_scope=True)
+
+        domain = PROVIDERS.resource_api.create_domain(
+            uuid.uuid4().hex, unit.new_domain_ref()
+        )
+        self.domain_id = domain['id']
+        domain_admin = unit.new_user_ref(domain_id=self.domain_id)
+        self.user_id = PROVIDERS.identity_api.create_user(domain_admin)['id']
+        PROVIDERS.assignment_api.create_grant(
+            self.bootstrapper.admin_role_id, user_id=self.user_id,
+            domain_id=self.domain_id
+        )
+
+        auth = self.build_authentication_request(
+            user_id=self.user_id,
+            password=domain_admin['password'],
+            domain_id=self.domain_id
+        )
+
+        # Grab a token using the persona we're testing and prepare headers
+        # for requests we'll be making in the tests.
+        with self.test_client() as c:
+            r = c.post('/v3/auth/tokens', json=auth)
+            self.token_id = r.headers['X-Subject-Token']
+            self.headers = {'X-Auth-Token': self.token_id}