diff --git a/apis/storage/v1alpha1/types.go b/apis/storage/v1alpha1/types.go
index 1861ee2f..c07fba5a 100644
--- a/apis/storage/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/apis/storage/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ type GCSSpec struct {
 }
 
 type AzureSpec struct {
+	// StorageAccount specifies the name of the Azure Storage Account
+	StorageAccount string `json:"storageAccount,omitempty"`
+
 	// Container specifies the name of the Azure Blob container that will be used as storage backend.
 	Container string `json:"container,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/crds/storage.kubestash.com_backupstorages.yaml b/crds/storage.kubestash.com_backupstorages.yaml
index 24cd70d2..58540ad3 100644
--- a/crds/storage.kubestash.com_backupstorages.yaml
+++ b/crds/storage.kubestash.com_backupstorages.yaml
@@ -2429,6 +2429,10 @@ spec:
                         description: Secret specifies the name of the Secret that
                           contains the access credential for this storage.
                         type: string
+                      storageAccount:
+                        description: StorageAccount specifies the name of the Azure
+                          Storage Account
+                        type: string
                     type: object
                   b2:
                     description: B2 specifies the storage information for B2 bucket
diff --git a/pkg/restic/config.go b/pkg/restic/config.go
index 77212751..1d1669c7 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/config.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/config.go
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ type DumpOptions struct {
 }
 
 type backend struct {
-	provider v1alpha1.StorageProvider
-	bucket   string
-	endpoint string
-	region   string
-	path     string
+	provider       v1alpha1.StorageProvider
+	bucket         string
+	endpoint       string
+	region         string
+	path           string
+	storageAccount string
 }
 
 type SetupOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/restic/setup.go b/pkg/restic/setup.go
index 8193979a..c719a505 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/setup.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/setup.go
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) setupEnv() error {
 		r := fmt.Sprintf("azure:%s:/%s", w.config.bucket, filepath.Join(w.config.path, w.config.Directory))
 		w.sh.SetEnv(RESTIC_REPOSITORY, r)
 
-		if err := w.exportSecretKey(AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME, false); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if w.config.storageAccount == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("storageAccount name is empty")
 		}
+		w.sh.SetEnv(AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME, w.config.storageAccount)
 
 		if err := w.exportSecretKey(AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY, false); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) setBackupStorageVariables() error {
 
 	if azure := bs.Spec.Storage.Azure; azure != nil {
 		w.config.provider = v1alpha1.ProviderAzure
+		w.config.storageAccount = azure.StorageAccount
 		w.config.bucket = azure.Container
 		w.config.path = azure.Prefix
 		w.config.MaxConnections = azure.MaxConnections