diff --git a/dvc/remote/azure.py b/dvc/remote/azure.py
index 22409f2e0..6ac1f9b87 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/azure.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/azure.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Callback(object):
 class RemoteAzure(RemoteBase):
     scheme = 'azure'
     REGEX = (r'^azure://'
-             r'(ContainerName=(?P<container_name>[^;]+);)?'
+             r'(ContainerName=(?P<container_name>[^;]+);?)?'
              r'(?P<connection_string>.+)?$')
     REQUIRES = {'azure-storage-blob': BlockBlobService}
     PARAM_ETAG = 'etag'
diff --git a/tests/test_data_cloud.py b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
index e9121a3f2..629358ca4 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class TestDataCloud(TestDvc):
 
         for scheme, cl in [('s3://', RemoteS3),
                            ('gs://', RemoteGS),
+                           ('azure://ContainerName=', RemoteAzure),
                            ('ssh://user@localhost:/', RemoteSSH),
                            (tempfile.mkdtemp(), RemoteLOCAL)]: