diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index c0d45a6..7809f8b 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import urllib
 
 import boto3
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ def s3_client():
 @pytest.fixture
 def s3_bucket(s3_client):
     bucket = "ok-origo-dataplatform-test"
-    s3_client.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
+    s3_client.create_bucket(
+        Bucket=bucket,
+        CreateBucketConfiguration={"LocationConstraint": os.environ["AWS_REGION"]},
+    )
     return s3_client, bucket
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2cfe7b5..a166ee3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ deps=
 commands=
     pytest
 setenv =
+    AWS_REGION=eu-west-1
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = mock
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = mock
     AWS_XRAY_SDK_ENABLED = false