diff --git a/moto/dynamodb/urls.py b/moto/dynamodb/urls.py
index 1132b7815..85634ef2f 100644
--- a/moto/dynamodb/urls.py
+++ b/moto/dynamodb/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from .responses import handler
 
 url_bases = [
-    "https?://dynamodb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
+    "https?://dynamodb.(.+).amazonaws.com",
     "https?://sts.amazonaws.com",
 ]
 
diff --git a/moto/ec2/urls.py b/moto/ec2/urls.py
index e4f05aea7..65413369d 100644
--- a/moto/ec2/urls.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from .responses import EC2Response
 
 
 url_bases = [
-    "https?://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
+    "https?://ec2.(.+).amazonaws.com",
 ]
 
 url_paths = {
diff --git a/moto/ses/urls.py b/moto/ses/urls.py
index e67423c97..acdc49c82 100644
--- a/moto/ses/urls.py
+++ b/moto/ses/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from .responses import EmailResponse
 
 url_bases = [
-    "https?://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
+    "https?://email.(.+).amazonaws.com"
 ]
 
 url_paths = {
diff --git a/tests/test_dynamodb/test_dynamodb.py b/tests/test_dynamodb/test_dynamodb.py
index c3582d7c4..5a2f36321 100644
--- a/tests/test_dynamodb/test_dynamodb.py
+++ b/tests/test_dynamodb/test_dynamodb.py
@@ -43,3 +43,12 @@ def test_sts_handler():
     res = requests.post("https://sts.amazonaws.com/", data={"GetSessionToken": ""})
     res.ok.should.be.ok
     res.text.should.contain("SecretAccessKey")
+
+
+@mock_dynamodb
+def test_dynamodb_with_connect_to_region():
+    # this will work if connected with boto.connect_dynamodb()
+    dynamodb = boto.dynamodb.connect_to_region('us-west-2')
+
+    schema = dynamodb.create_schema('column1', str(), 'column2', int())
+    dynamodb.create_table('table1', schema, 200, 200)