diff --git a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
index b35f89768..f2f0e3528 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
+++ b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/node.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ labels:
 
 providers:
   - name: fake-provider
+    region-name: fake-region
     keypair: 'if-present-use-this-keypair'
     username: 'fake'
     password: 'fake'
diff --git a/nodepool/tests/test_shade_integration.py b/nodepool/tests/test_shade_integration.py
index cd984c390..794f3fe64 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/test_shade_integration.py
+++ b/nodepool/tests/test_shade_integration.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class TestShadeIntegration(tests.IntegrationTestCase):
                      'password': 'fake',
                      'auth_url': 'fake'}
         self.assertEqual(provider_manager._client.auth, auth_data)
+        self.assertEqual(provider_manager._client.region_name, 'fake-region')
 
     def test_nodepool_osc_config(self):
         configfile = self.setup_config('node_osc.yaml')