diff --git a/blazar/tests/utils/openstack/test_neutron.py b/blazar/tests/utils/openstack/test_neutron.py
index 34beb51e..5beb7140 100644
--- a/blazar/tests/utils/openstack/test_neutron.py
+++ b/blazar/tests/utils/openstack/test_neutron.py
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ class TestBlazarNeutronClient(tests.TestCase):
 
     def test_client_from_kwargs(self):
         kwargs = {
-            'auth_url': 'http://foo:8080/identity/v3'
+            'auth_url': 'http://foo:8080/identity/v3',
+            'region_name': 'RegionTwo'
         }
         client = neutron.BlazarNeutronClient(**kwargs)
         self.assertEqual("http://foo:8080/identity/v3",
                          client.neutron.httpclient.session.auth.auth_url)
+        self.assertEqual("RegionTwo", client.neutron.httpclient.region_name)
 
 
 class TestFloatingIPPool(tests.TestCase):
diff --git a/blazar/utils/openstack/neutron.py b/blazar/utils/openstack/neutron.py
index 33e37d71..9b2778d6 100644
--- a/blazar/utils/openstack/neutron.py
+++ b/blazar/utils/openstack/neutron.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class BlazarNeutronClient(object):
         project_domain_name = kwargs.pop('project_domain_name',
                                          CONF.os_admin_project_domain_name)
         auth_url = kwargs.pop('auth_url', None)
+        region_name = kwargs.pop('region_name', CONF.os_region_name)
 
         if auth_url is None:
             auth_url = "%s://%s:%s/%s/%s" % (CONF.os_auth_protocol,
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ class BlazarNeutronClient(object):
                            user_domain_name=user_domain_name,
                            project_domain_name=project_domain_name)
         sess = session.Session(auth=auth)
-        self.neutron = neutron_client.Client(session=sess)
+        self.neutron = neutron_client.Client(
+            session=sess, region_name=region_name)
 
 
 class FloatingIPPool(BlazarNeutronClient):