diff --git a/docker/assets/gitlab.rb b/docker/assets/gitlab.rb
index 01e063bef0e316525b6c1248d41379c8b85696fc_ZG9ja2VyL2Fzc2V0cy9naXRsYWIucmI=..6b134103e8d39e740d3ac3588e525b328b54bb45_ZG9ja2VyL2Fzc2V0cy9naXRsYWIucmI= 100644
--- a/docker/assets/gitlab.rb
+++ b/docker/assets/gitlab.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 unless ENV['AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI'].nil?
   [gitlab_workhorse['env'], gitlab_pages['env'], registry['env'], gitlab_rails['env']].each do |new_env|
     new_env['AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI'] = ENV['AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI']
+    new_env['AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'] = ENV['AWS_DEFAULT_REGION']
     new_env['AWS_REGION'] = ENV['AWS_REGION']
     new_env['ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4'] = ENV['ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4'] unless ENV['ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4'].nil?
     new_env['ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI'] = ENV['ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI']