diff --git a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
index 8c42acbc2c..55069a4c11 100644
--- a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
+++ b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public class Region {
     */
    public static final String EU_WEST_1 = "eu-west-1";
 
+   /**
+    * EU (Frankfurt)
+    */
+   public static final String EU_CENTRAL_1 = "eu-central-1";
+
    /**
     * 
     * US Standard
@@ -110,8 +115,8 @@ public class Region {
    public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_S3 = ImmutableSet.of(US_STANDARD, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, EU_WEST_1, SA_EAST_1,
          AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_2, AP_NORTHEAST_1);
 
-   public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_REGIONS = ImmutableSet.of(US_EAST_1, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, SA_EAST_1, EU_WEST_1,
-         AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_2, AP_NORTHEAST_1);
+   public static final Set<String> DEFAULT_REGIONS = ImmutableSet.of(US_EAST_1, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, SA_EAST_1,
+         EU_WEST_1, EU_CENTRAL_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_2, AP_NORTHEAST_1);
 
    public static Properties regionPropertiesS3() {
 
@@ -127,12 +132,13 @@ public class Region {
    public static Properties regionProperties() {
       Properties properties = new Properties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGIONS, Joiner.on(',').join(DEFAULT_REGIONS));
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-CA,US-OR,BR-SP,IE,SG,AU-NSW,JP-13");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-CA,US-OR,BR-SP,IE,DE-HE,SG,AU-NSW,JP-13");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_EAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-CA");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-OR");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + SA_EAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "BR-SP");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "IE");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_CENTRAL_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "DE-HE");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "SG");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "AU-NSW");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "JP-13");