diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_elasticache_cluster_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_elasticache_cluster_test.go
index c0da43fca..f1e951bc1 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_elasticache_cluster_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/import_aws_elasticache_cluster_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package aws
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 )
 
 func TestAccAWSElasticacheCluster_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	oldvar := os.Getenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION")
+	os.Setenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION", "us-east-1")
+	defer os.Setenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION", oldvar)
+
 	resourceName := "aws_elasticache_cluster.bar"
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{