diff --git a/cms/envs/aws.py b/cms/envs/aws.py
index 9f172096a6..d4bc7fcbb6 100644
--- a/cms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/cms/envs/aws.py
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ if 'DJFS' in AUTH_TOKENS and AUTH_TOKENS['DJFS'] is not None:
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = AUTH_TOKENS.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER', EMAIL_HOST_USER)
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = AUTH_TOKENS.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD)
 
+AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_NAME', 'us-east-1')
+AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT', 'email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com')
+
 # Note that this is the Studio key for Segment. There is a separate key for the LMS.
 CMS_SEGMENT_KEY = AUTH_TOKENS.get('SEGMENT_KEY')
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/aws.py b/lms/envs/aws.py
index b91777d21e..c4889372af 100644
--- a/lms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/lms/envs/aws.py
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY', True)
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE)
 SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST', SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST)
 
+AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_NAME', 'us-east-1')
+AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT', 'email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com')
+
 REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS', REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS)
 REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM', REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM)
 REGISTRATION_EMAIL_PATTERNS_ALLOWED = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EMAIL_PATTERNS_ALLOWED')
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 0e87074c5c..7b2fa35e02 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ django-oauth-plus==2.2.8
 django-oauth-toolkit==0.10.0
 django-pipeline-forgiving==1.0.0
 django-sekizai==0.8.2
-django-ses==0.7.0
+django-ses==0.7.1
 django-simple-history==1.6.3
 django-statici18n==1.1.5
 django-storages==1.4.1