diff --git a/library/cloud/ec2_ami b/library/cloud/ec2_ami
index b9573d4d9a..801e9bfdfe 100644
--- a/library/cloud/ec2_ami
+++ b/library/cloud/ec2_ami
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ def main():
             wait_timeout = dict(default=300),
             description = dict(default=""),
             no_reboot = dict(default=True, type="bool"),
-            state = dict(default='present')
+            state = dict(default='present'),
+            region = dict()
         )
     )