diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
index b695bea1d..ea219cb5f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
@@ -434,13 +434,27 @@ class AwsInvokeLocal {
         ]).then(results => {
           const imageName = results[1];
           const artifactPath = results[2];
+
+          const lambdaName = this.options.functionObj.name;
+          const memorySize =
+            Number(this.options.functionObj.memorySize) ||
+            Number(this.serverless.service.provider.memorySize) ||
+            1024;
+          const lambdaDefaultEnvVars = {
+            AWS_REGION: this.provider.getRegion(),
+            AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: this.provider.getRegion(),
+            AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_GROUP_NAME: this.provider.naming.getLogGroupName(lambdaName),
+            AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME: lambdaName,
+            AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_MEMORY_SIZE: memorySize,
+          };
           const configuredEnvVars = this.getConfiguredEnvVars();
           const envVarsFromOptions = this.getEnvVarsFromOptions();
-          const envVars = _.merge(configuredEnvVars, envVarsFromOptions);
+          const envVars = _.merge(lambdaDefaultEnvVars, configuredEnvVars, envVarsFromOptions);
           const envVarsDockerArgs = _.flatMap(envVars, (value, key) => [
             '--env',
             `${key}=${value}`,
           ]);
+
           const dockerArgsFromOptions = this.getDockerArgsFromOptions();
           const dockerArgs = _.concat(
             ['run', '--rm', '-v', `${artifactPath}:/var/task`],
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.test.js
index bdfa3dc97..49c882178 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.test.js
@@ -1164,6 +1164,16 @@ describe('AwsInvokeLocal', () => {
             '-v',
             'servicePath:/var/task',
             '--env',
+            'AWS_REGION=us-east-1',
+            '--env',
+            'AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1',
+            '--env',
+            'AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_GROUP_NAME=/aws/lambda/hello',
+            '--env',
+            'AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME=hello',
+            '--env',
+            'AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_MEMORY_SIZE=1024',
+            '--env',
             'providerVar=providerValue',
             '--env',
             'functionVar=functionValue',