diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
index 40855e24a99..ada583d30e5 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func TestReadConfig(t *testing.T) {
  auth-url = http://auth.url
  user-id = user
  tenant-name = demo
+ region = RegionOne
  [LoadBalancer]
  create-monitor = yes
  monitor-delay = 1m
@@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ func TestReadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("incorrect tenant name: %s", cfg.Global.TenantName)
 	}
 
+	if cfg.Global.Region != "RegionOne" {
+		t.Errorf("incorrect region: %s", cfg.Global.Region)
+	}
+
 	if !cfg.LoadBalancer.CreateMonitor {
 		t.Errorf("incorrect lb.createmonitor: %t", cfg.LoadBalancer.CreateMonitor)
 	}
@@ -554,7 +559,7 @@ func TestVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"test": "value",
 	}
-	vol, _, _, err := os.CreateVolume("kubernetes-test-volume-"+rand.String(10), 1, "", "", &tags)
+	vol, _, _, _, err := os.CreateVolume("kubernetes-test-volume-"+rand.String(10), 1, "", "", &tags)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot create a new Cinder volume: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_volumes.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_volumes.go
index f50a2311974..d8ea91c2085 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_volumes.go
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ func (os *OpenStack) getVolume(volumeID string) (Volume, error) {
 }
 
 // CreateVolume creates a volume of given size (in GiB)
-func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, bool, error) {
+func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, string, bool, error) {
 	volumes, err := os.volumeService("")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize cinder client for region: %s, err: %v", os.region, err)
+		return "", "", "", os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize cinder client for region: %s, err: %v", os.region, err)
 	}
 
 	opts := volumeCreateOpts{
@@ -462,11 +462,11 @@ func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability str
 	volumeID, volumeAZ, err := volumes.createVolume(opts)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a %d GB volume: %v", size, err)
+		return "", "", "", os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a %d GB volume: %v", size, err)
 	}
 
-	glog.Infof("Created volume %v in Availability Zone: %v Ignore volume AZ: %v", volumeID, volumeAZ, os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ)
-	return volumeID, volumeAZ, os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, nil
+	glog.Infof("Created volume %v in Availability Zone: %v Region: %v Ignore volume AZ: %v", volumeID, volumeAZ, os.region, os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ)
+	return volumeID, volumeAZ, os.region, os.bsOpts.IgnoreVolumeAZ, nil
 }
 
 // GetDevicePathBySerialID returns the path of an attached block storage volume, specified by its id.
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher_test.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher_test.go
index 6acb573a51b..eaec0a1dccd 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/attacher_test.go
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ func (testcase *testcase) DiskIsAttachedByName(nodeName types.NodeName, volumeID
 	return expected.isAttached, expected.instanceID, expected.ret
 }
 
-func (testcase *testcase) CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, bool, error) {
-	return "", "", false, errors.New("Not implemented")
+func (testcase *testcase) CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, string, bool, error) {
+	return "", "", "", false, errors.New("Not implemented")
 }
 
 func (testcase *testcase) GetDevicePath(volumeID string) string {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
index b64e8c5be07..d799d4b3a6a 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type BlockStorageProvider interface {
 	AttachDisk(instanceID, volumeID string) (string, error)
 	DetachDisk(instanceID, volumeID string) error
 	DeleteVolume(volumeID string) error
-	CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, bool, error)
+	CreateVolume(name string, size int, vtype, availability string, tags *map[string]string) (string, string, string, bool, error)
 	GetDevicePath(volumeID string) string
 	InstanceID() (string, error)
 	GetAttachmentDiskPath(instanceID, volumeID string) (string, error)
diff --git a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder_util.go b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder_util.go
index 8a5e25d8daf..d28a469e497 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder_util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/cinder/cinder_util.go
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ func (util *DiskUtil) CreateVolume(c *cinderVolumeProvisioner) (volumeID string,
 		}
 	}
 
-	volumeID, volumeAZ, IgnoreVolumeAZ, errr := cloud.CreateVolume(name, volSizeGB, vtype, availability, c.options.CloudTags)
-	if errr != nil {
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Error creating cinder volume: %v", errr)
-		return "", 0, nil, "", errr
+	volumeID, volumeAZ, volumeRegion, IgnoreVolumeAZ, err := cloud.CreateVolume(name, volSizeGB, vtype, availability, c.options.CloudTags)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("Error creating cinder volume: %v", err)
+		return "", 0, nil, "", err
 	}
 	glog.V(2).Infof("Successfully created cinder volume %s", volumeID)
 
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ func (util *DiskUtil) CreateVolume(c *cinderVolumeProvisioner) (volumeID string,
 	volumeLabels = make(map[string]string)
 	if IgnoreVolumeAZ == false {
 		volumeLabels[kubeletapis.LabelZoneFailureDomain] = volumeAZ
+		volumeLabels[kubeletapis.LabelZoneRegion] = volumeRegion
 	}
 	return volumeID, volSizeGB, volumeLabels, fstype, nil
 }