diff --git a/swift/cli/recon.py b/swift/cli/recon.py
index 694a27731c..030d8d424b 100755
--- a/swift/cli/recon.py
+++ b/swift/cli/recon.py
@@ -175,22 +175,23 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
                 block = f.read(4096)
         return md5sum.hexdigest()
 
-    def get_devices(self, zone_filter, swift_dir, ring_name):
+    def get_devices(self, region_filter, zone_filter, swift_dir, ring_name):
         """
         Get a list of hosts in the ring
 
+        :param region_filter: Only list regions matching given filter
         :param zone_filter: Only list zones matching given filter
         :param swift_dir: Directory of swift config, usually /etc/swift
         :param ring_name: Name of the ring, such as 'object'
         :returns: a set of tuples containing the ip and port of hosts
         """
         ring_data = Ring(swift_dir, ring_name=ring_name)
+        devs = [d for d in ring_data.devs if d]
+        if region_filter is not None:
+            devs = [d for d in devs if d['region'] == region_filter]
         if zone_filter is not None:
-            ips = set((n['ip'], n['port']) for n in ring_data.devs
-                      if n and n['zone'] == zone_filter)
-        else:
-            ips = set((n['ip'], n['port']) for n in ring_data.devs if n)
-        return ips
+            devs = [d for d in devs if d['zone'] == zone_filter]
+        return set((d['ip'], d['port']) for d in devs)
 
     def get_ringmd5(self, hosts, swift_dir):
         """
@@ -875,6 +876,8 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
         args.add_option('--all', action="store_true",
                         help="Perform all checks. Equal to -arudlq --md5 "
                         "--sockstat")
+        args.add_option('--region', type="int",
+                        help="Only query servers in specified region")
         args.add_option('--zone', '-z', type="int",
                         help="Only query servers in specified zone")
         args.add_option('--timeout', '-t', type="int", metavar="SECONDS",
@@ -903,10 +906,8 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
         self.suppress_errors = options.suppress
         self.timeout = options.timeout
 
-        if options.zone is not None:
-            hosts = self.get_devices(options.zone, swift_dir, self.server_type)
-        else:
-            hosts = self.get_devices(None, swift_dir, self.server_type)
+        hosts = self.get_devices(options.region, options.zone,
+                                 swift_dir, self.server_type)
 
         print("--> Starting reconnaissance on %s hosts" % len(hosts))
         print("=" * 79)
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py b/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
index 2b4738c0c8..81866e0d0b 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
@@ -134,21 +134,38 @@ class TestRecon(unittest.TestCase):
         ringbuilder.add_dev({'id': 1, 'zone': 1, 'weight': 1,
                              'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 10001,
                              'device': 'sda1', 'region': 0})
+        ringbuilder.add_dev({'id': 2, 'zone': 0, 'weight': 1,
+                             'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 10002,
+                             'device': 'sda1', 'region': 1})
+        ringbuilder.add_dev({'id': 3, 'zone': 1, 'weight': 1,
+                             'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 10003,
+                             'device': 'sda1', 'region': 1})
         ringbuilder.rebalance()
         ringbuilder.get_ring().save(self.tmpfile_name)
 
         ips = self.recon_instance.get_devices(
-            None, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
+            None, None, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set([('127.0.0.1', 10000), ('127.0.0.1', 10001),
+                 ('127.0.0.1', 10002), ('127.0.0.1', 10003)]), ips)
+
+        ips = self.recon_instance.get_devices(
+            0, None, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
         self.assertEqual(
             set([('127.0.0.1', 10000), ('127.0.0.1', 10001)]), ips)
 
         ips = self.recon_instance.get_devices(
-            0, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
+            1, None, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set([('127.0.0.1', 10002), ('127.0.0.1', 10003)]), ips)
+
+        ips = self.recon_instance.get_devices(
+            0, 0, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
         self.assertEqual(set([('127.0.0.1', 10000)]), ips)
 
         ips = self.recon_instance.get_devices(
-            1, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
-        self.assertEqual(set([('127.0.0.1', 10001)]), ips)
+            1, 1, self.swift_dir, self.ring_name)
+        self.assertEqual(set([('127.0.0.1', 10003)]), ips)
 
     def test_get_ringmd5(self):
         for server_type in ('account', 'container', 'object', 'object-1'):