diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 7fe4984814..209c33fab8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #### General
 
 - \#1848 Use fee cut instead of fee share for user facing language in the CLI (@kyriediculous)
+- \#1854 Allow to pass region in the custom s3 storage URL (@darkdarkdragon)
 
 #### Broadcaster
 
diff --git a/drivers/drivers.go b/drivers/drivers.go
index aba2c034f8..0ced9e037f 100644
--- a/drivers/drivers.go
+++ b/drivers/drivers.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func ParseOSURL(input string, useFullAPI bool) (OSDriver, error) {
 	}
 	if u.Scheme == "s3" {
 		pw, ok := u.User.Password()
-		if ok == false {
+		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("password is required with s3:// OS")
 		}
 		base := path.Base(u.Path)
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ func ParseOSURL(input string, useFullAPI bool) (OSDriver, error) {
 		if u.Scheme == "s3+https" {
 			scheme = "https"
 		}
-		_, bucket := path.Split(u.Path)
+		region := "ignored"
+		base, bucket := path.Split(u.Path)
+		if len(base) > 1 && base[len(base)-1] == '/' {
+			base = base[:len(base)-1]
+			_, region = path.Split(base)
+		}
 		hosturl, err := url.Parse(input)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -154,10 +159,10 @@ func ParseOSURL(input string, useFullAPI bool) (OSDriver, error) {
 		hosturl.Scheme = scheme
 		hosturl.Path = ""
 		pw, ok := u.User.Password()
-		if ok == false {
+		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("password is required with s3:// OS")
 		}
-		return NewCustomS3Driver(hosturl.String(), bucket, u.User.Username(), pw, useFullAPI), nil
+		return NewCustomS3Driver(hosturl.String(), bucket, region, u.User.Username(), pw, useFullAPI), nil
 	}
 	if u.Scheme == "gs" {
 		file := u.User.Username()
diff --git a/drivers/drivers_test.go b/drivers/drivers_test.go
index 7fe1b8e111..ccacf43984 100644
--- a/drivers/drivers_test.go
+++ b/drivers/drivers_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestS3URL(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCustomS3URL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
-	os, err := ParseOSURL("s3+http://user:password@example.com:9000/path/to/bucket-name", true)
+	os, err := ParseOSURL("s3+http://user:password@example.com:9000/bucket-name", true)
 	s3, iss3 := os.(*s3OS)
 	assert.Equal(true, iss3)
 	assert.Equal(nil, err)
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ func TestCustomS3URL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal("bucket-name", s3.bucket)
 	assert.Equal("user", s3.awsAccessKeyID)
 	assert.Equal("password", s3.awsSecretAccessKey)
+	assert.Equal("ignored", s3.region)
+}
+
+func TestCustomS3URLWithRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	os, err := ParseOSURL("s3+http://user:password@example.com:9000/path/to/region-name/bucket-name", true)
+	s3, iss3 := os.(*s3OS)
+	assert.Equal(true, iss3)
+	assert.Equal(nil, err)
+	assert.Equal("http://example.com:9000", s3.host)
+	assert.Equal("bucket-name", s3.bucket)
+	assert.Equal("region-name", s3.region)
+	assert.Equal("user", s3.awsAccessKeyID)
+	assert.Equal("password", s3.awsSecretAccessKey)
 }
 
 func TestGSURL(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/drivers/s3.go b/drivers/s3.go
index a982cc0482..41fd6165d9 100644
--- a/drivers/s3.go
+++ b/drivers/s3.go
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ func NewS3Driver(region, bucket, accessKey, accessKeySecret string, useFullAPI b
 }
 
 // NewCustomS3Driver for creating S3-compatible stores other than S3 itself
-func NewCustomS3Driver(host, bucket, accessKey, accessKeySecret string, useFullAPI bool) OSDriver {
-	glog.Infof("using custom s3 with url: %s, bucket %s use full API %v", host, bucket, useFullAPI)
+func NewCustomS3Driver(host, bucket, region, accessKey, accessKeySecret string, useFullAPI bool) OSDriver {
+	glog.Infof("using custom s3 with url: %s, bucket %s region %s use full API %v", host, bucket, region, useFullAPI)
 	os := &s3OS{
 		host:               host,
 		bucket:             bucket,
 		awsAccessKeyID:     accessKey,
 		awsSecretAccessKey: accessKeySecret,
-		region:             "ignored",
+		region:             region,
 		useFullAPI:         useFullAPI,
 	}
 	if !useFullAPI {