diff --git a/src/js/restore.js b/src/js/restore.js
index 51454e9cb..f827e7f14 100644
--- a/src/js/restore.js
+++ b/src/js/restore.js
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ app.controller('RestoreController', ['$scope', 'Client', function ($scope, Clien
                 if ($scope.region) backupConfig.region = $scope.region;
                 delete backupConfig.endpoint;
             } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'minio' || backupConfig.provider === 's3-v4-compat') {
-                backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
+                backupConfig.region = backupConfig.region || 'us-east-1';
                 backupConfig.acceptSelfSignedCerts = $scope.acceptSelfSignedCerts;
+                backupConfig.s3ForcePathStyle = true; // might want to expose this in the UI
             } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'exoscale-sos') {
                 backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
                 backupConfig.signatureVersion = 'v4';
diff --git a/src/restore.html b/src/restore.html
index 6cab36c75..9bcabd172 100644
--- a/src/restore.html
+++ b/src/restore.html
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
                                     <select class="form-control" name="region" id="inputConfigureBackupS3Region" ng-model="region" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in s3Regions" ng-disabled="busy" ng-required="provider === 's3'"></select>
                                 </div>
 
+                                <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': error.region }" ng-show="provider === 's3-v4-compat'">
+                                    <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureBackupS3V4CompatRegion">Region</label>
+                                    <input class="form-control" type="text" name="region" id="inputConfigureBackupS3V4CompatRegion" ng-model="region" ng-disabled="busy" placeholder="Leave empty to use us-east-1 as default"></input>
+                                </div>
+
                                 <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': error.region }" ng-show="provider === 'digitalocean-spaces'">
                                     <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureBackupDORegion">Region</label>
                                     <select class="form-control" name="region" id="inputConfigureBackupDORegion" ng-model="endpoint" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in doSpacesRegions" ng-disabled="busy" ng-required="provider === 'digitalocean-spaces'"></select>
diff --git a/src/views/app.html b/src/views/app.html
index 6335e4347..97581ff74 100644
--- a/src/views/app.html
+++ b/src/views/app.html
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@
               <select class="form-control" name="region" id="inputImportBackupS3Region" ng-model="importBackup.region" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in s3Regions" ng-disabled="importBackup.busy" ng-required="importBackup.provider === 's3'"></select>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': importBackup.error.region }" ng-show="importBackup.provider === 's3-v4-compat'">
+              <label class="control-label" for="inputImportBackupS3V4CompatRegion">Region</label>
+              <input class="form-control" type="text" name="region" id="inputImportBackupS3V4CompatRegion" ng-model="importBackup.region" ng-disabled="importBackup.busy" placeholder="Leave empty to use us-east-1 as default"></input>
+          </div>
+
             <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': importBackup.error.region }" ng-show="importBackup.provider === 'digitalocean-spaces'">
               <label class="control-label" for="inputImportBackupDORegion">Region</label>
               <select class="form-control" name="region" id="inputImportBackupDORegion" ng-model="importBackup.endpoint" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in doSpacesRegions" ng-disabled="importBackup.busy" ng-required="importBackup.provider === 'digitalocean-spaces'"></select>
diff --git a/src/views/app.js b/src/views/app.js
index e53116bd8..123fea53a 100644
--- a/src/views/app.js
+++ b/src/views/app.js
@@ -941,8 +941,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
                     if ($scope.importBackup.region) backupConfig.region = $scope.importBackup.region;
                     delete backupConfig.endpoint;
                 } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'minio' || backupConfig.provider === 's3-v4-compat') {
-                    backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
+                    backupConfig.region = backupConfig.region || 'us-east-1';
                     backupConfig.acceptSelfSignedCerts = $scope.importBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts;
+                    backupConfig.s3ForcePathStyle = true; // might want to expose this in the UI
                 } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'exoscale-sos') {
                     backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
                     backupConfig.signatureVersion = 'v4';