diff --git a/cloud/azure/deploy/containerenv.go b/cloud/azure/deploy/containerenv.go
index 8c347713f..bc5317cac 100644
--- a/cloud/azure/deploy/containerenv.go
+++ b/cloud/azure/deploy/containerenv.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (p *NitricAzurePulumiProvider) newContainerEnv(ctx *pulumi.Context, name st
 	env := app.EnvironmentVarArray{}
 
 	if p.storageAccount != nil {
+		env = append(env, app.EnvironmentVarArgs{
+			Name:  pulumi.String("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME"),
+			Value: p.storageAccount.Name,
+		})
 		env = append(env, app.EnvironmentVarArgs{
 			Name:  pulumi.String("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_BLOB_ENDPOINT"),
 			Value: p.storageAccount.PrimaryEndpoints.Blob(),