diff --git a/zarr/storage.py b/zarr/storage.py
index 39a497d08b..7964e3dd01 100644
--- a/zarr/storage.py
+++ b/zarr/storage.py
@@ -1883,3 +1883,156 @@ def __delitem__(self, key):
         with self._mutex:
             self._invalidate_keys()
             self._invalidate_value(key)
+
+
+class ABSStore(MutableMapping):
+    """Storage class using Azure Blob Storage (ABS).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    container_name : string
+        The name of the ABS container to use. Currently this must exist in the
+        storage account.
+    prefix : string
+        Location of the "directory" to use as the root of the storage hierarchy
+        within the container.
+    account_name : string
+        The Azure blob storage account name.
+    account_key : string
+        The Azure blob storage account acess key.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    In order to use this store, you must install the Azure Blob Storage
+    `Python Client Library <https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/tree/master/azure-storage-blob>`_ version >= 1.3.0.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, container_name, prefix, account_name, account_key):
+        self.account_name = account_name
+        self.account_key = account_key
+        self.container_name = container_name
+        self.prefix = normalize_storage_path(prefix)
+        self.initialize_container()
+
+    def initialize_container(self):
+        from azure.storage.blob import BlockBlobService
+        self.client = BlockBlobService(self.account_name, self.account_key)
+
+    # needed for pickling
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        state = self.__dict__.copy()
+        return state
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        self.__dict__.update(state)
+        self.initialize_container()
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def _append_path_to_prefix(path, prefix):
+        return '/'.join([normalize_storage_path(prefix),
+                         normalize_storage_path(path)])
+
+    def full_path(self, path=None):
+        return _append_path_to_prefix(path, self.prefix)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        blob_name = '/'.join([self.prefix, key])
+        blob = self.client.get_blob_to_bytes(self.container_name, blob_name)
+        if blob:
+            return blob.content
+        else:
+            raise KeyError('Blob %s not found' % blob_name)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        blob_name = '/'.join([self.prefix, key])
+        self.client.create_blob_from_text(self.container_name, blob_name, value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (
+            isinstance(other, ABSStore) and
+            self.container_name == other.container_name and
+            self.prefix == other.prefix
+        )
+
+    def keys(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        blob_name = '/'.join([self.prefix, key])
+        if self.client.exists(self.container_name, blob_name):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def list_abs_directory_blobs(self, prefix):
+        """Return list of all blobs from an abs prefix."""
+        return [blob.name for blob in self.client.list_blobs(self.container_name)]
+
+    def list_abs_subdirectories(self, prefix):
+        """Return list of all "subdirectories" from an abs prefix."""
+        return list(set([blob.name.rsplit('/', 1)[0] for blob in self.client.list_blobs(self.container_name) if '/' in blob.name]))
+
+    def _strip_prefix_from_path(path, prefix):
+        # normalized things will not have any leading or trailing slashes
+        path_norm = normalize_storage_path(path)
+        prefix_norm = normalize_storage_path(prefix)
+        if path_norm.startswith(prefix_norm):
+            return path_norm[(len(prefix_norm)+1):]
+        else:
+            return path
+
+    def list_abs_directory(self, prefix, strip_prefix=True):
+        """Return a list of all blobs and subdirectories from an abs prefix."""
+        items = set()
+        items.update(self.list_abs_directory_blobs(prefix))
+        items.update(self.list_abs_subdirectories(prefix))
+        items = list(items)
+        if strip_prefix:
+            items = [_strip_prefix_from_path(path, prefix) for path in items]
+        return items
+
+    def dir_path(self, path=None):
+        store_path = normalize_storage_path(path)
+        # prefix is normalized to not have a trailing slash
+        dir_path = self.prefix
+        if store_path:
+            dir_path = os.path.join(dir_path, store_path)
+        else:
+            dir_path += '/'
+        return dir_path
+
+    def listdir(self, path=None):
+        dir_path = self.dir_path(path)
+        return sorted(self.list_abs_directory(dir_path, strip_prefix=True))
+
+    def rename(self, src_path, dst_path):
+        raise NotImplementedErrror
+
+    def rmdir(self, path=None):
+        dir_path = normalize_storage_path(self.full_path(path)) + '/'
+        for blob in self.client.list_blobs(self.container_name, prefix=dir_path):
+            self.client.delete_blob(self.container_name, blob.name)
+
+    def getsize(self, path=None):
+        dir_path = self.dir_path(path)
+        size = 0
+        for blob in self.client.list_blobs(self.container_name, prefix=dir_path):
+            size += blob.properties.content_length
+        return size
+
+    def clear(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError