diff --git a/pkg/function/backup_data.go b/pkg/function/backup_data.go
index b27e6341ce..eec879f7a5 100644
--- a/pkg/function/backup_data.go
+++ b/pkg/function/backup_data.go
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ func validateProfile(profile *param.Profile) error {
 	if len(profile.Credential.KeyPair.Secret) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("Secret access key is not set")
 	}
-	if profile.Location.Type != crv1alpha1.LocationTypeS3Compliant && profile.Location.Type != crv1alpha1.LocationTypeGCS {
+	switch profile.Location.Type {
+	case crv1alpha1.LocationTypeS3Compliant:
+	case crv1alpha1.LocationTypeGCS:
+	case crv1alpha1.LocationTypeAzure:
+	default:
 		return errors.New("Location type not supported")
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/location/location.go b/pkg/location/location.go
index f03252ae01..3f595d1366 100644
--- a/pkg/location/location.go
+++ b/pkg/location/location.go
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	AWSAccessKeyID     = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
-	AWSSecretAccessKey = "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
-	GoogleCloudCreds   = "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
-	GoogleProjectId    = "GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID"
+	AWSAccessKeyID      = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+	AWSSecretAccessKey  = "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+	GoogleCloudCreds    = "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
+	GoogleProjectId     = "GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID"
+	AzureStorageAccount = "AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME"
+	AzureStorageKey     = "AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY"
 )
 
 // Write pipes data from `in` into the location specified by `profile` and `suffix`.
diff --git a/pkg/restic/restic.go b/pkg/restic/restic.go
index a8ae1cd4a0..8395c274f7 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restic.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restic.go
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ func resticArgs(profile *param.Profile, repository, encryptionKey string) []stri
 			fmt.Sprintf("export %s=gs:%s/\n", ResticRepository, strings.Replace(repository, "/", ":/", 1)),
 			ResticCommand,
 		}
+	case crv1alpha1.LocationTypeAzure:
+		return []string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("export %s=%s\n", location.AzureStorageAccount, profile.Credential.KeyPair.ID),
+			fmt.Sprintf("export %s=%s\n", location.AzureStorageKey, profile.Credential.KeyPair.Secret),
+			fmt.Sprintf("export %s=%s\n", ResticPassword, encryptionKey),
+			fmt.Sprintf("export %s=azure:%s/\n", ResticRepository, strings.Replace(repository, "/", ":/", 1)),
+			ResticCommand,
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }