diff --git a/moto/core/models.py b/moto/core/models.py
index 19267ca08..9fe1e96bd 100644
--- a/moto/core/models.py
+++ b/moto/core/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import functools
 import inspect
+import os
 import re
 import six
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ from .utils import (
 )
 
 
+# "Mock" the AWS credentials as they can't be mocked in Botocore currently
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "foobar_key")
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "foobar_secret")
+
+
 class BaseMockAWS(object):
     nested_count = 0