diff --git a/crates/azure/Cargo.toml b/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
index c9976fae9e..6ed096fa29 100644
--- a/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core", features = [
+    "datafusion",
+] }
 lazy_static = "1"
 
 # workspace depenndecies
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-object_store = { workspace = true, features = ["azure"]}
+object_store = { workspace = true, features = ["azure"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/azure/tests/integration.rs b/crates/azure/tests/integration.rs
index 3ffaa00cc5..33d64f3967 100644
--- a/crates/azure/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/crates/azure/tests/integration.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "integration_test")]
 
+use std::assert_eq;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use deltalake_core::data_catalog::storage::ListingSchemaProvider;
 use deltalake_core::DeltaTableBuilder;
 use deltalake_test::read::read_table_paths;
 use deltalake_test::{test_concurrent_writes, test_read_tables, IntegrationContext, TestResult};
@@ -89,3 +93,42 @@ async fn read_write_test_onelake(context: &IntegrationContext, path: &Path) -> T
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[serial]
+fn list_delta_tables_using_listing_provider_with_missing_account_name() -> TestResult {
+    let context = IntegrationContext::new(Box::new(MsftIntegration::default()))?;
+    // Removing the the envs set by the `IntegrationContext (az_cli::prepare_env())` to illustrate the issue if e.g. account_name is not set from custom `storage_options`, but still preserving the use of the `IntegrationContext`
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_USE_EMULATOR");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_TOKEN");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY");
+
+    let storage_options = HashMap::<String, String>::new();
+    if let Err(read_error) =
+        ListingSchemaProvider::try_new(&context.root_uri(), Some(storage_options))
+    {
+        assert_eq!(read_error.to_string(), "Failed to read delta log object: Generic MicrosoftAzure error: Account must be specified".to_string());
+    };
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn list_delta_tables_using_listing_provider_with_account_name() -> TestResult {
+    let context = IntegrationContext::new(Box::new(MsftIntegration::default()))?;
+    // Removing the the envs set by the `IntegrationContext (az_cli::prepare_env())` to illustrate the issue if e.g. account_name is not set from custom `storage_options`, but still preserving the use of the `IntegrationContext`
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_USE_EMULATOR");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_TOKEN");
+    std::env::remove_var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY");
+
+    let mut storage_options = HashMap::<String, String>::new();
+    storage_options.insert("account_name".to_string(), "test_account".to_string());
+    let schema = ListingSchemaProvider::try_new(&context.root_uri(), Some(storage_options));
+    assert!(
+        schema.is_ok(),
+        "Capable of reading the storage options. Fails if e.g. `account_name` is missing"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}