diff --git a/apis/rancher/v1alpha1/cluster_types.go b/apis/rancher/v1alpha1/cluster_types.go
index e6186be..4f406c2 100644
--- a/apis/rancher/v1alpha1/cluster_types.go
+++ b/apis/rancher/v1alpha1/cluster_types.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type RKEClusterConfigSpec struct {
 // ClusterParameters are the configurable fields of a Cluster.
 type ClusterParameters struct {
 	KubeconfigSecretNamespace string               `json:"kubeconfigSecretNamespace,omitempty"`
+	Region                    string               `json:"region,omitempty"`
 	RKE                       RKEClusterConfigSpec `json:"rke,omitempty"`
 	NodePools                 []RKENodePool        `json:"nodePools,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/examples/cluster/cluster.yaml b/examples/cluster/cluster.yaml
index cc5e7f7..40886eb 100644
--- a/examples/cluster/cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/cluster/cluster.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   forProvider:
     kubeconfigSecretNamespace: default
+    region: us-east-1
     rke:
       dockerRootDir: /var/lib/docker
       enableNetworkPolicy: false
diff --git a/package/crds/rancher.rancher.crossplane.io_clusters.yaml b/package/crds/rancher.rancher.crossplane.io_clusters.yaml
index 9bf401d..5659ac1 100644
--- a/package/crds/rancher.rancher.crossplane.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/package/crds/rancher.rancher.crossplane.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ spec:
                           type: boolean
                       type: object
                     type: array
+                  region:
+                    type: string
                   rke:
                     description: RKEClusterConfigSpec defines the desired state of
                       RKEClusterConfig