diff --git a/pkg/blob/blob.go b/pkg/blob/blob.go
index 15c2d989d..86b3e7c1f 100644
--- a/pkg/blob/blob.go
+++ b/pkg/blob/blob.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const (
 	storageSPNClientIDField        = "azurestoragespnclientid"
 	storageSPNTenantIDField        = "azurestoragespntenantid"
 	storageAuthTypeField           = "azurestorageauthtype"
+	blobStorageAccountTypeField    = "blobstorageaccounttype"
 	storageAuthTypeMSI             = "msi"
 	storageIdentityClientIDField   = "azurestorageidentityclientid"
 	storageIdentityObjectIDField   = "azurestorageidentityobjectid"
diff --git a/pkg/blob/controllerserver.go b/pkg/blob/controllerserver.go
index 7289c7eca..3fce6111b 100644
--- a/pkg/blob/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/blob/controllerserver.go
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ func (d *Driver) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest)
 		case tenantIDField:
 		case msiEndpointField:
 		case storageAADEndpointField:
+		case blobStorageAccountTypeField:
 			// no op, only used in NodeStageVolume
 		case storageEndpointSuffixField:
 			storageEndpointSuffix = v
diff --git a/pkg/blob/controllerserver_test.go b/pkg/blob/controllerserver_test.go
index 6beeafb0d..a395b7024 100644
--- a/pkg/blob/controllerserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/blob/controllerserver_test.go
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ func TestCreateVolume(t *testing.T) {
 				mp[mountPermissionsField] = "0750"
 				mp[storageAuthTypeField] = "msi"
 				mp[storageIdentityClientIDField] = "msi"
+				mp[blobStorageAccountTypeField] = "adls"
 				mp[clientIDField] = "clientID"
 				mp[mountWithWITokenField] = "true"
 				mp[tenantIDField] = "tenantID"
diff --git a/pkg/blob/nodeserver.go b/pkg/blob/nodeserver.go
index 84ef09312..8e349f25f 100644
--- a/pkg/blob/nodeserver.go
+++ b/pkg/blob/nodeserver.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (d *Driver) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVolumeRe
 		mc.ObserveOperationWithResult(isOperationSucceeded, VolumeID, volumeID)
 	}()
 
-	var serverAddress, storageEndpointSuffix, protocol, ephemeralVolMountOptions string
+	var serverAddress, storageEndpointSuffix, protocol, ephemeralVolMountOptions, blobStorageAccountType string
 	var ephemeralVol, isHnsEnabled bool
 
 	containerNameReplaceMap := map[string]string{}
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ func (d *Driver) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVolumeRe
 			}
 		case fsGroupChangePolicyField:
 			fsGroupChangePolicy = v
+		case blobStorageAccountTypeField:
+			blobStorageAccountType = v
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -435,6 +437,10 @@ func (d *Driver) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVolumeRe
 		targetPath, protocol, volumeID, mountFlags, mountOptions, volumeMountGroup, args, serverAddress)
 
 	authEnv = append(authEnv, "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="+accountName, "AZURE_STORAGE_BLOB_ENDPOINT="+serverAddress)
+	if blobStorageAccountType != "" {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("set AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_TYPE to %s", blobStorageAccountType)
+		authEnv = append(authEnv, "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_TYPE="+blobStorageAccountType)
+	}
 	if d.enableBlobMockMount {
 		klog.Warningf("NodeStageVolume: mock mount on volumeID(%s), this is only for TESTING!!!", volumeID)
 		if err := volumehelper.MakeDir(targetPath, os.FileMode(mountPermissions)); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go b/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
index 9057a3eb3..e10eda557 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dynamic_provisioning_test.go
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[blob-csi-e2e] Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 			CSIDriver: testDriver,
 			Pods:      pods,
 			StorageClassParameters: map[string]string{
-				"skuName":             "Standard_LRS",
-				"secretNamespace":     "default",
-				"containerNamePrefix": "nameprefix",
-				"accessTier":          "Cool",
+				"skuName":                "Standard_LRS",
+				"secretNamespace":        "default",
+				"containerNamePrefix":    "nameprefix",
+				"accessTier":             "Cool",
+				"blobStorageAccountType": "block",
 			},
 		}
 		test.Run(ctx, cs, ns)