diff --git a/pkg/types/aws/defaults/platform.go b/pkg/types/aws/defaults/platform.go
index be076c75355..74a218d0afd 100644
--- a/pkg/types/aws/defaults/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/types/aws/defaults/platform.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var (
 		"ap-northeast-2": "m5",
 		"eu-north-1":     "m5",
 		"eu-west-3":      "m5",
+		"me-south-1":     "m5",
 		"us-gov-east-1":  "m5",
 		"us-west-2":      "m5",
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/aws/validation/platform.go b/pkg/types/aws/validation/platform.go
index 79adb08ee5c..271263eaba3 100644
--- a/pkg/types/aws/validation/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/types/aws/validation/platform.go
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ var (
 		//"cn-north-1":     "Beijing",
 		//"cn-northwest-1": "Ningxia",
 		"eu-central-1": "Frankfurt",
-		//"eu-north-1":     "Stockholm",
-		"eu-west-1": "Ireland",
-		"eu-west-2": "London",
-		"eu-west-3": "Paris",
+		"eu-north-1":   "Stockholm",
+		"eu-west-1":    "Ireland",
+		"eu-west-2":    "London",
+		"eu-west-3":    "Paris",
+		//"me-south-1":   "Bahrain",
 		"sa-east-1": "São Paulo",
 		"us-east-1": "N. Virginia",
 		"us-east-2": "Ohio",
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
index 77e768486f9..6bf4d3dd31c 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				return c
 			}(),
-			expectedError: `^platform\.aws\.region: Unsupported value: "": supported values: "ap-northeast-1", "ap-northeast-2", "ap-south-1", "ap-southeast-1", "ap-southeast-2", "ca-central-1", "eu-central-1", "eu-west-1", "eu-west-2", "eu-west-3", "sa-east-1", "us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-west-1", "us-west-2"$`,
+			expectedError: `^platform\.aws\.region: Unsupported value: "": supported values: "ap-northeast-1", "ap-northeast-2", "ap-south-1", "ap-southeast-1", "ap-southeast-2", "ca-central-1", "eu-central-1", "eu-north-1", "eu-west-1", "eu-west-2", "eu-west-3", "sa-east-1", "us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-west-1", "us-west-2"$`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid libvirt platform",
diff --git a/platformtests/aws/default_instance_class_test.go b/platformtests/aws/default_instance_class_test.go
index c1fbbce2eb3..365646ead84 100644
--- a/platformtests/aws/default_instance_class_test.go
+++ b/platformtests/aws/default_instance_class_test.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func TestGetDefaultInstanceClass(t *testing.T) {
 		"Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)":   "ap-east-1",
 		"Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local)": "ap-northeast-3",
 		"EU (Stockholm)":             "eu-north-1",
+		"Middle East (Bahrain)":      "me-south-1",
 		"South America (Sao Paulo)":  "sa-east-1",
 	}