diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader.go
index e71276fb..e4c657e3 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/cloudskiff/driftctl/pkg/envproxy"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
@@ -33,9 +34,12 @@ func NewS3Reader(path string) (*S3Backend, error) {
 		Key:    &key,
 		Bucket: &bucket,
 	}
+	envProxy := envproxy.NewEnvProxy("DCTL_S3_", "AWS_")
+	envProxy.Apply()
 	sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
 		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
 	}))
+	envProxy.Restore()
 	backend.S3Client = s3.New(sess)
 	return &backend, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader_test.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader_test.go
index 064fdea2..503f209a 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/s3_reader_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,31 @@ func TestNewS3Reader(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestNewS3ReaderWithEnvProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	os.Setenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION", "us-east-1")
+	os.Setenv("DCTL_S3_DEFAULT_REGION", "eu-west-3")
+	reader, err := NewS3Reader("sample_bucket/path/to/state.tfstate")
+
+	got := reader.S3Client.(*s3.S3).Config.Region
+	if aws.StringValue(got) != "eu-west-3" {
+		t.Errorf("NewS3Reader().S3Client.Config.Region got = %v, want %v", aws.StringValue(got), "eu-west-3")
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(
+		"path/to/state.tfstate",
+		*reader.input.Key,
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		"sample_bucket",
+		*reader.input.Bucket,
+	)
+}
+
 func TestS3Backend_ReadWithError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 	fakeS3 := &awstest.MockFakeS3{}