diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7917b04..ad2f24e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,4 +56,8 @@ Provides standard and t26 S3 bucket construction.
   - pin aws provider to < 4.0
   - add bucket_key_enabled (for S3 bucket keys; https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/bucket-key.html)
 
-
+* 2.4.2 -- 2022-02-24
+  - add variables for controlling region, account, and compacting region if name > 63
+    - name_include_region
+    - name_include_account
+    - name_include_region_compact
diff --git a/common/resources.tf b/common/resources.tf
index 07963aa..47aa9b7 100644
--- a/common/resources.tf
+++ b/common/resources.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 locals {
+  region_short           = join("", [for c in split("-", local.region) : substr(c, 0, 1)])
   base_name              = var.bucket_name
-  name                   = replace(var.bucket_name, local._prefixes["s3"], "")
-  bucket_name            = format("%s%s", local._prefixes["s3"], local.name)
+  b_name                 = replace(var.bucket_name, local._prefixes["s3"], "")
+  b_account              = var.name_include_account ? format("-%v", local.account_id) : ""
+  b_region               = var.name_include_region ? format("-%v", local.region) : ""
+  b_region_short         = format("-%v", local.region_short)
+  c_name                 = format("%v%v%v", local.b_name, local.b_account, local.b_region)
+  b_bucket_name          = format("%v%v", local._prefixes["s3"], local.c_name)
+  too_long               = length(local.b_bucket_name) > 63 && var.name_include_region_compcat ? true : false
+  name                   = local.too_long ? format("%v%v%v", local.b_name, local.b_account, local.b_region_short) : local.c_name
+  bucket_name            = format("%v%v", local._prefixes["s3"], local.name)
   bucket_policy_document = length(var.bucket_policy_document) > 0 ? var.bucket_policy_document : data.aws_iam_policy_document.empty.json
 
   #  kms_key_arn  = aws_kms_key.key.arn
@@ -215,3 +223,10 @@ resource "aws_s3_bucket_ownership_controls" "this" {
     object_ownership = var.bucket_owner
   }
 }
+
+resource "null_resource" "name_too_long" {
+  count = local.too_long ? 1 : 0
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = "echo 'The resultant name ${local.b_bucket_name} > 63, shortening to ${local.bucket_name}'"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/variables.s3.tf b/common/variables.s3.tf
index b8bb04b..2c7901a 100644
--- a/common/variables.s3.tf
+++ b/common/variables.s3.tf
@@ -72,3 +72,21 @@ variable "bucket_key_enabled" {
   type        = bool
   default     = false
 }
+
+variable "name_include_region" {
+  description = "Flag to determine if we include the full region name in the resulting bucket name"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
+variable "name_include_account" {
+  description = "Flag to determine if we include the AWS Account id in the resulting bucket name"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
+variable "name_include_region_compact" {
+  description = "Flag to determine if we the rewrite the full region name to a shorter region name if the resulting name > 63 characters"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
diff --git a/common/version.tf b/common/version.tf
index 58b0c87..930d737 100644
--- a/common/version.tf
+++ b/common/version.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 locals {
-  _module_version = "2.3.1"
+  _module_version = "2.4.2"
 }