diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ archive_cache.objectstore.key = key
 ; secret for s3 auth
 archive_cache.objectstore.secret = secret
 
+;region for s3 storage
+archive_cache.objectstore.region = eu-central-1
+
 ; number of sharded buckets to create to distribute archives across
 ; default is 8 shards
 archive_cache.objectstore.bucket_shards = 8
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ archive_cache.objectstore.key = key
 ; secret for s3 auth
 archive_cache.objectstore.secret = secret
 
+;region for s3 storage
+archive_cache.objectstore.region = eu-central-1
+
 ; number of sharded buckets to create to distribute archives across
 ; default is 8 shards
 archive_cache.objectstore.bucket_shards = 8
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/config_maker.py b/rhodecode/config/config_maker.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/config_maker.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/config_maker.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def sanitize_settings_and_apply_defaults
     settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.url', jn(default_cache_dir, 'archive_cache'), default_when_empty=True,)
     settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.key', '')
     settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.secret', '')
+    settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.region', 'eu-central-1')
     settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.bucket', 'rhodecode-archive-cache', default_when_empty=True,)
     settings_maker.make_setting('archive_cache.objectstore.bucket_shards', 8, parser='int')
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/objectstore_cache.py b/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/objectstore_cache.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/objectstore_cache.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/objectstore_cache.py
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ class ObjectStoreCache(BaseCache):
         endpoint_url = settings.pop('archive_cache.objectstore.url')
         key = settings.pop('archive_cache.objectstore.key')
         secret = settings.pop('archive_cache.objectstore.secret')
+        region = settings.pop('archive_cache.objectstore.region')
 
         log.debug('Initializing %s archival cache instance', self)
 
-        fs = fsspec.filesystem('s3', anon=False, endpoint_url=endpoint_url, key=key, secret=secret)
+        fs = fsspec.filesystem('s3', anon=False, endpoint_url=endpoint_url, key=key, secret=secret, region=region)
 
         # init main bucket
         if not fs.exists(self._bucket):
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ archive_cache.objectstore.key = key
 ; secret for s3 auth
 archive_cache.objectstore.secret = secret
 
+;region for s3 storage
+archive_cache.objectstore.region = eu-central-1
+
 ; number of sharded buckets to create to distribute archives across
 ; default is 8 shards
 archive_cache.objectstore.bucket_shards = 8