diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c07d0f7a21b7..650c9b9aac7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ CHANGELOG
 Next Release (TBD)
 ==================
 
+* bugfix:``aws cloudtrail create-subscription``: Set a bucket config
+  location constraint on buckets created outside of us-east-1.
+  (`issue 1013 <https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/1013>`__)
 * bugfix:``aws deploy push``: Fix s3 multipart uploads
 * bugfix:``aws s3 ls``: Fix return codes for non existing objects
   (`issue 1008 <https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/1008>`__)
diff --git a/awscli/customizations/cloudtrail.py b/awscli/customizations/cloudtrail.py
index ae55cc2cab67..f99489301e2f 100644
--- a/awscli/customizations/cloudtrail.py
+++ b/awscli/customizations/cloudtrail.py
@@ -231,7 +231,15 @@ def setup_new_bucket(self, bucket, prefix, policy_url=None):
             raise Exception('Bucket {bucket} already exists.'.format(
                 bucket=bucket))
 
-        data = self.s3.CreateBucket(bucket=bucket)
+        # If we are not using the us-east-1 region, then we must set
+        # a location constraint on the new bucket.
+        region_name = self.s3.endpoint.region_name
+        params = {'bucket': bucket}
+        if region_name != 'us-east-1':
+            bucket_config = {'LocationConstraint': region_name}
+            params['create_bucket_configuration'] = bucket_config
+
+        data = self.s3.CreateBucket(**params)
 
         try:
             self.s3.PutBucketPolicy(bucket=bucket, policy=policy)
diff --git a/tests/unit/customizations/test_cloudtrail.py b/tests/unit/customizations/test_cloudtrail.py
index c705afb4195b..d4c24c26b8f1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/customizations/test_cloudtrail.py
+++ b/tests/unit/customizations/test_cloudtrail.py
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ def test_s3_create(self):
 
         s3.DeleteBucket.assert_not_called()
 
+        args, kwargs = s3.CreateBucket.call_args
+        self.assertNotIn('create_bucket_configuration', kwargs)
+
+    def test_s3_create_non_us_east_1(self):
+        # Because this is outside of us-east-1, it should create
+        # a bucket configuration with a location constraint.
+        s3 = self.subscribe.s3
+        s3.endpoint.region_name = 'us-west-2'
+
+        self.subscribe.setup_new_bucket('test', 'logs')
+
+        args, kwargs = s3.CreateBucket.call_args
+        self.assertIn('create_bucket_configuration', kwargs)
+
+        bucket_config = kwargs['create_bucket_configuration']
+        self.assertEqual(bucket_config['LocationConstraint'],
+                         'us-west-2')
+
     def test_s3_create_already_exists(self):
         with self.assertRaises(Exception):
             self.subscribe.setup_new_bucket('test2', 'logs')