diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ec2.py
index b4558ef0a4..3d3040068f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ec2.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ AWS_REGIONS = [
     'ap-southeast-1',
     'ap-southeast-2',
     'eu-west-1',
+    'eu-central-1',
     'sa-east-1',
     'us-east-1',
     'us-west-1',