diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/azureblob/AzureBlobStore.java b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/azureblob/AzureBlobStore.java
index 0e21d5a..662db71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/azureblob/AzureBlobStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/azureblob/AzureBlobStore.java
@@ -226,6 +226,26 @@ public final class AzureBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean deleteContainerIfEmpty(String container) {
+        var client = blobServiceClient.getBlobContainerClient(container);
+        try {
+            var page = client.listBlobsByHierarchy(
+                    /*delimiter=*/ null, /*options=*/ null, /*timeout=*/ null)
+                    .iterableByPage().iterator().next();
+            if (!page.getValue().isEmpty()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            blobServiceClient.deleteBlobContainer(container);
+            return true;
+        } catch (BlobStorageException bse) {
+            if (bse.getErrorCode() == BlobErrorCode.CONTAINER_NOT_FOUND) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            throw bse;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean blobExists(String container, String key) {
         var client = blobServiceClient.getBlobContainerClient(container)