diff --git a/contrib/inventory/gce.ini b/contrib/inventory/gce.ini
index 488e838a22..24cf28ea39 100644
--- a/contrib/inventory/gce.ini
+++ b/contrib/inventory/gce.ini
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@
 # statement in the inventory script.  However, you can specify an absolute
 # path to the secrets.py file with 'libcloud_secrets' parameter.
 # This option will be deprecated in a future release.
-libcloud_secrets = 
+libcloud_secrets =
 
 # If you are not going to use a 'secrets.py' file, you can set the necessary
 # authorization parameters here.
-gce_service_account_email_address = 
-gce_service_account_pem_file_path = 
-gce_project_id = 
+gce_service_account_email_address =
+gce_service_account_pem_file_path =
+gce_project_id =
+gce_zone =
 
 # Filter inventory based on on state. Leave undefined to return instances regardless of state.
 # example: Uncomment to only return inventory in the running or provisioning state
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/gce.py b/contrib/inventory/gce.py
index 5c5814635c..63c852524a 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/gce.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/gce.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ class GceInventory(object):
             'gce_service_account_email_address': '',
             'gce_service_account_pem_file_path': '',
             'gce_project_id': '',
+            'gce_zone': '',
             'libcloud_secrets': '',
             'inventory_ip_type': '',
             'cache_path': '~/.ansible/tmp',
@@ -296,13 +297,15 @@ class GceInventory(object):
                 self.config.get('gce','gce_service_account_email_address'),
                 self.config.get('gce','gce_service_account_pem_file_path')
             ]
-            kwargs = {'project': self.config.get('gce', 'gce_project_id')}
+            kwargs = {'project': self.config.get('gce', 'gce_project_id'),
+                      'datacenter': self.config.get('gce', 'gce_zone')}
 
         # If the appropriate environment variables are set, they override
         # other configuration; process those into our args and kwargs.
         args[0] = os.environ.get('GCE_EMAIL', args[0])
         args[1] = os.environ.get('GCE_PEM_FILE_PATH', args[1])
         kwargs['project'] = os.environ.get('GCE_PROJECT', kwargs['project'])
+        kwargs['datacenter'] = os.environ.get('GCE_ZONE', kwargs['datacenter'])
 
         # Retrieve and return the GCE driver.
         gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(*args, **kwargs)