diff --git a/pkg/steps/clusterinstall/template.go b/pkg/steps/clusterinstall/template.go
index a1c23b4a2d2..cec1eca6a2d 100644
--- a/pkg/steps/clusterinstall/template.go
+++ b/pkg/steps/clusterinstall/template.go
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ objects:
           export KUBE_SSH_USER=core
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh
           cp /tmp/cluster/ssh-privatekey ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine || true
-          export TEST_PROVIDER='{"type":"gce","region":"us-east1","multizone": true,"multimaster":true,"projectid":"openshift-gce-devel-ci"}'
+          # TODO: make openshift-tests auto-discover this from cluster config
+          REGION="$(oc get -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.gcp.region}' infrastructure cluster)"
+          export TEST_PROVIDER="{\"type\":\"gce\",\"region\":\"${REGION}\",\"multizone\": true,\"multimaster\":true,\"projectid\":\"openshift-gce-devel-ci\"}"
         elif [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh
           cp /tmp/cluster/ssh-privatekey ~/.ssh/kube_aws_rsa || true