diff --git a/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go b/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
index 5f87eccc87b..68843ba5774 100644
--- a/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func init() {
 func handleGetRegions(req *cwRequest, c *middleware.Context) {
 	regions := []string{
 		"ap-northeast-1", "ap-northeast-2", "ap-southeast-1", "ap-southeast-2", "cn-north-1",
-		"eu-central-1", "eu-west-1", "sa-east-1", "us-east-1", "us-west-1", "us-west-2",
+		"eu-central-1", "eu-west-1", "sa-east-1", "us-east-1", "us-west-1", "us-west-2", "us-gov-west-1",
 	}
 
 	result := []interface{}{}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
index 6f119964512..89e52e76ace 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<div class="gf-form">
 		<label class="gf-form-label width-13">Default Region</label>
 		<div class="gf-form-select-wrapper max-width-18 gf-form-select-wrapper--has-help-icon">
-			<select class="gf-form-input" ng-model="ctrl.current.jsonData.defaultRegion" ng-options="region for region in ['ap-northeast-1', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'ap-south-1', 'cn-north-1', 'eu-central-1', 'eu-west-1', 'sa-east-1', 'us-east-1', 'us-east-2', 'us-west-1', 'us-west-2']"></select>
+			<select class="gf-form-input" ng-model="ctrl.current.jsonData.defaultRegion" ng-options="region for region in ['ap-northeast-1', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'ap-south-1', 'cn-north-1', 'eu-central-1', 'eu-west-1', 'sa-east-1', 'us-east-1', 'us-east-2', 'us-gov-west-1', 'us-west-1', 'us-west-2']"></select>
 			<info-popover mode="right-absolute">
 				Specify the region, such as for US West (Oregon) use ` us-west-2 ` as the region.
 			</info-popover>