diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0f3f1466a..1830c2e1b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ deps =
 commands =
     {envpython} setup.py test
     nosetests {posargs}
+setenv =
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=dummy_key
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=dummy_secret
+    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 
 [flake8]
 ignore = E128,E501