diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
index 21672198f..11f507fdc 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ func resourceAwsS3Bucket() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
+			"region": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
 			"website_endpoint": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -149,7 +155,7 @@ func resourceAwsS3BucketRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Fetch the region
+	// Add the region as an attribute
 	location, err := s3conn.GetBucketLocation(
 		&s3.GetBucketLocationInput{
 			Bucket: aws.String(d.Id()),
@@ -162,6 +168,12 @@ func resourceAwsS3BucketRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	if location.LocationConstraint != nil {
 		region = *location.LocationConstraint
 	}
+	if region == "" {
+		region = "us-east-1"
+	}
+	if err := d.Set("region", region); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// Add the hosted zone ID for this bucket's region as an attribute
 	hostedZoneID := s3.HostedZoneIDForRegion(region)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_test.go
index ba0974f68..1d7109d21 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ func TestAccAWSS3Bucket_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckAWSS3BucketExists("aws_s3_bucket.bucket"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_s3_bucket.bucket", "hosted_zone_id", s3.HostedZoneIDForRegion("us-west-2")),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_s3_bucket.bucket", "region", "us-west-2"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_s3_bucket.bucket", "website_endpoint", ""),
 				),
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/s3_bucket.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/s3_bucket.html.markdown
index 07bc54644..204be87e0 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/s3_bucket.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/s3_bucket.html.markdown
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 
 * `id` - The name of the bucket.
 * `hosted_zone_id` - The [Route 53 Hosted Zone ID](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_website_region_endpoints) for this bucket's region.
+* `region` - The AWS region this bucket resides in.
 * `website_endpoint` - The website endpoint, if the bucket is configured with a website. If not, this will be an empty string.