diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-installer-job.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-installer-job.yaml
index 1f0a5c20f6d515..aa9d590a15e0c7 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-installer-job.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-installer-job.yaml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ spec:
                   echo "Gitpod: configuring container registry S3 backend"
 
                   yq e -i ".containerRegistry.s3storage.bucket = \"{{repl ConfigOption "reg_incluster_storage_s3_bucketname" }}\"" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
+                  yq e -i ".metadata.region = \"{{repl ConfigOption "reg_incluster_storage_s3_region" }}\"" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
                   yq e -i ".containerRegistry.s3storage.certificate.kind = \"secret\"" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
                   yq e -i ".containerRegistry.s3storage.certificate.name = \"container-registry-s3-backend\"" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
                 fi
diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-registry-s3-backend.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-registry-s3-backend.yaml
index 2eef65090d2189..33df230f5b72d7 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-registry-s3-backend.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/gitpod-registry-s3-backend.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
     app: gitpod
     component: gitpod-installer
   annotations:
-    kots.io/when: '{{repl and (ConfigOptionEquals "reg_incluster" "0") (ConfigOptionEquals "reg_incluster_storage" "s3") }}'
+    kots.io/when: '{{repl ConfigOptionEquals "reg_incluster_storage" "s3" }}'
 data:
   s3AccessKey: '{{repl ConfigOption "reg_incluster_storage_s3_accesskey" | Base64Encode }}'
   s3SecretKey: '{{repl ConfigOption "reg_incluster_storage_s3_secretkey" | Base64Encode }}'
diff --git a/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml b/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
index 70228c1dea6376..d53a8e15ac4402 100644
--- a/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
+++ b/install/kots/manifests/kots-config.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ spec:
           when: '{{repl (ConfigOptionEquals "reg_incluster_storage" "s3") }}'
           help_text: The name of the bucket to act as your S3 storage backend.
 
+        - name: reg_incluster_storage_s3_region
+          title: S3 bucket region
+          type: text
+          required: true
+          when: '{{repl (ConfigOptionEquals "reg_incluster_storage" "s3") }}'
+          help_text: The AWS region of the S3 bucket. Eg. `eu-central-1`.
+
         - name: reg_incluster_storage_s3_accesskey
           title: S3 access key
           type: text