diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
index 3e7d3fb1429..0a08047489e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       this.name = datasource.name;
       this.supportMetrics = true;
 
-      AWS.config.update({ region: datasource.jsonData.region });
-      this.cloudwatch = new AWS.CloudWatch({
+      this.defaultRegion = datasource.jsonData.defaultRegion;
+      this.credentials = {
         accessKeyId: datasource.jsonData.accessKeyId,
-        secretAccessKey: datasource.jsonData.secretAccessKey,
-      });
+        secretAccessKey: datasource.jsonData.secretAccessKey
+      };
     }
 
     // Called once per panel (graph)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
         }
 
         var query = {};
+        query.region = templateSrv.replace(target.region, options.scopedVars);
         query.namespace = templateSrv.replace(target.namespace, options.scopedVars);
         query.metricName = templateSrv.replace(target.metricName, options.scopedVars);
         query.dimensions = _.map(_.keys(target.dimensions), function(key) {
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
     };
 
     CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performTimeSeriesQuery = function(query, start, end) {
+      var cloudwatch = this.getCloudWatchClient(query.region);
+
       var params = {
         Namespace: query.namespace,
         MetricName: query.metricName,
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       };
 
       var d = $q.defer();
-      this.cloudwatch.getMetricStatistics(params, function(err, data) {
+      cloudwatch.getMetricStatistics(params, function(err, data) {
         if (err) {
           return d.reject(err);
         }
@@ -106,10 +109,12 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       return d.promise;
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performSuggestQuery = function(params) {
+    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performSuggestQuery = function(region, params) {
+      var cloudwatch = this.getCloudWatchClient(region);
+
       var d = $q.defer();
 
-      this.cloudwatch.listMetrics(params, function(err, data) {
+      cloudwatch.listMetrics(params, function(err, data) {
         if (err) {
           return d.reject(err);
         }
@@ -126,6 +131,18 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       });
     };
 
+    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getCloudWatchClient = function(region) {
+      return new AWS.CloudWatch({
+        region: region,
+        accessKeyId: this.credentials.accessKeyId,
+        secretAccessKey: this.credentials.secretAccessKey
+      });
+    };
+
+    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getDefaultRegion = function() {
+      return this.defaultRegion;
+    };
+
     function transformMetricData(md, options) {
       var result = [];
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
index 9cfcb2f4909..476e75f6e64 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <div class="tight-form">
   <ul class="tight-form-list">
     <li class="tight-form-item" style="width: 80px">
-      Region
+      Default Region
     </li>
     <li>
-      <input type="text" class="tight-form-input input-large" ng-model='current.jsonData.region' placeholder="" required></input>
+      <input type="text" class="tight-form-input input-large" ng-model='current.jsonData.defaultRegion' placeholder="" required></input>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <div class="clearfix"></div>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/query.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/query.editor.html
index 53a78895ba8..c279c5b1c78 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/query.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/query.editor.html
@@ -203,6 +203,20 @@
             <i class="fa fa-warning"></i>
           </a>
         </li>
+        <li class="tight-form-item">
+          Region
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <input type="text"
+                 class="input-medium tight-form-input"
+                 ng-model="target.region"
+                 spellcheck='false'
+                 bs-typeahead="suggestRegion"
+                 placeholder="region"
+                 data-min-length=0 data-items=100
+                 ng-change="refreshMetricData()"
+                 >
+        </li>
       </ul>
 
       <div class="clearfix"></div>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/queryCtrl.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/queryCtrl.js
index d694f1520dc..cfe14a11b5a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/queryCtrl.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/queryCtrl.js
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ function (angular, _) {
   var module = angular.module('grafana.controllers');
 
   /* jshint -W101 */
+  var supportedRegion = [
+    'us-east-1',
+    'us-west-2',
+    'us-west-1',
+    'eu-west-1',
+    'eu-central-1',
+    'ap-southeast-1',
+    'ap-southeast-2',
+    'ap-northeast-1',
+    'sa-east-1',
+  ];
   var supportedMetrics = {
     "AWS/AutoScaling": [
       "GroupMinSize", "GroupMaxSize", "GroupDesiredCapacity", "GroupInServiceInstances", "GroupPendingInstances", "GroupStandbyInstances", "GroupTerminatingInstances", "GroupTotalInstances"
@@ -157,6 +168,7 @@ function (angular, _) {
       $scope.target.dimensions = $scope.target.dimensions || {};
       $scope.target.statistics = $scope.target.statistics || {};
       $scope.target.period = $scope.target.period || 60;
+      $scope.target.region = $scope.target.region || $scope.datasource.getDefaultRegion();
 
       $scope.target.errors = validateTarget();
     };
@@ -180,6 +192,10 @@ function (angular, _) {
       $scope.panel.targets.push(clone);
     };
 
+    $scope.suggestRegion = function(query, callback) { // jshint unused:false
+      return supportedRegion;
+    };
+
     $scope.suggestNamespace = function(query, callback) { // jshint unused:false
       return _.keys(supportedMetrics);
     };
@@ -206,7 +222,7 @@ function (angular, _) {
       }
 
       $scope.datasource
-        .performSuggestQuery(params)
+        .performSuggestQuery($scope.target.region, params)
         .then(function(result) {
           var suggestData = _.chain(result.Metrics)
           .map(function(metric) {