diff --git a/tests/functional/test_session.py b/tests/functional/test_session.py
index 16c64fb330..1dabc948ac 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_session.py
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ def my_handler(my_list, **kwargs):
         self.session.events.emit('myevent', my_list=initial_list)
         # Ensure that the registered handler was called.
         self.assertEqual(initial_list, ['my_handler called'])
+
+    def test_can_access_region_property(self):
+        session = boto3.session.Session(region_name='us-west-1')
+        self.assertEqual(session.region_name, 'us-west-1')
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_session.py b/tests/unit/test_session.py
index 604a6e561b..5ba2bb0c74 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_session.py
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ def test_repr(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(repr(session), 'Session(region=\'us-west-2\')')
 
+    def test_can_access_region_name(self):
+        bc_session = self.bc_session_cls.return_value
+        bc_session.get_config_variable.return_value = 'us-west-2'
+        session = Session('abc123', region_name='us-west-2')
+        bc_session.set_config_variable.assert_called_with('region',
+                                                          'us-west-2')
+
+        self.assertEqual(session.region_name, 'us-west-2')
+
     def test_arguments_not_required(self):
         Session()