diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
index a31edee8e0..782850f39a 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ public class AtmosAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
index c058253276..e0b8344a85 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ public class AtmosBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
     * Since there is no etag support in atmos, we just return the path.
     */
    @Override
-   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index 52a3b45dcb..ef861375cb 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.IfDirectoryReturnNameStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -663,7 +664,8 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemBlobStore.java
index 983518f88d..d9b721c334 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemBlobStore.java
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
  *
  * @author Alfredo "Rainbowbreeze" Morresi
  */
-@Timeout(duration = 30, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS) public interface FilesystemBlobStore  extends BlobStore {
+@Timeout(duration = 2, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MINUTES) public interface FilesystemBlobStore  extends BlobStore {
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
index 6ec8a8172a..591cb2258a 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
index 5bfda8bbba..479a565195 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -247,8 +248,9 @@ public class S3BlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
     *           object
     */
    @Override
-   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
-      return sync.putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob));
+   public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
    /**
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
index 6509df96c8..5be3fef43b 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -237,7 +238,8 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
index 68239ceda4..6dc175e50c 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ public class SwiftBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
     *           object
     */
    @Override
-   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
index 6340dd422a..2aa2025873 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 /**
@@ -130,15 +130,14 @@ public interface AsyncBlobStore {
    ListenableFuture<Boolean> blobExists(String container, String name);
 
    /**
-    * @see BlobStore#putBlob
+    * @see BlobStore#putBlob(String,Blob)
     */
    ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob);
 
    /**
-    * @see BlobStore#putBlobMultipart
+    * @see BlobStore#putBlob(String,Blob,PutOptions)
     */
-   @Beta
-   ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob);
+   ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options);
 
    /**
     * @see BlobStore#blobMetadata
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
index 2a51305434..2e51bcfdae 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
-
 /**
  * Synchronous access to a BlobStore such as Amazon S3
  * 
@@ -214,20 +213,19 @@ public interface BlobStore {
 
    /**
     * Adds a {@code Blob} representing the data at location {@code container/blob.metadata.name}
-    * using multipart strategies.
+    * options using multipart strategies.
     * 
     * @param container
     *           container to place the blob.
     * @param blob
     *           fully qualified name relative to the container.
     * @param options
-    *           byte range or condition options
+    *           byte range options
     * @return etag of the blob you uploaded, possibly null where etags are unsupported
     * @throws ContainerNotFoundException
     *            if the container doesn't exist
     */
-   @Beta
-   String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob);
+   String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options);
 
    /**
     * Retrieves the metadata of a {@code Blob} at location {@code container/name}
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 5504dc9c6a..78736da3e8 100755
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.IfDirectoryReturnNameStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -689,8 +690,8 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
-      // TODO implement
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
index fe94f26e3c..0cd75bac9d 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix implements Binder {
 
    @Override
    public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
-      checkArgument(checkNotNull(input, "input") instanceof Map, "this binder is only valid for Maps!");
+      checkArgument(checkNotNull(input, "input") instanceof Map<?,?>, "this binder is only valid for Maps!");
       checkNotNull(request, "request");
 
       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/PutOptions.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/PutOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c3c467646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/PutOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.blobstore.options;
+
+/**
+ * Contains options supported in the put blob operation. <h2>
+ * Usage</h2> The recommended way to instantiate a PutOptions object is to statically import
+ * PutOptions.* and invoke a static creation method followed by an instance mutator (if needed):
+ * <p/>
+ * <code>
+ * import static org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions.Builder.*
+ * eTag = blobStore.putBlob("container", blob, multipart());
+ * <code>
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class PutOptions implements Cloneable {
+
+   public static final ImmutablePutOptions NONE = new ImmutablePutOptions(new PutOptions());
+
+   private boolean multipart;
+
+   public PutOptions() {
+   }
+
+   PutOptions(boolean multipart) {
+      this.multipart = multipart;
+   }
+
+   public static class ImmutablePutOptions extends PutOptions {
+      private final PutOptions delegate;
+
+      public ImmutablePutOptions(PutOptions delegate) {
+         this.delegate = delegate;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean isMultipart() {
+         return delegate.isMultipart();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public PutOptions multipart() {
+         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public PutOptions clone() {
+         return delegate.clone();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+         return delegate.toString();
+      }
+
+   }
+
+   public boolean isMultipart() {
+      return multipart;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * split large blobs into pieces, if supported by the provider
+    */
+   public PutOptions multipart() {
+      this.multipart = true;
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   public static class Builder {
+
+      /**
+       * @see PutOptions#multipart()
+       */
+      public static PutOptions multipart() {
+         PutOptions options = new PutOptions();
+         return options.multipart();
+      }
+
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public PutOptions clone() {
+      return new PutOptions(multipart);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "[multipart=" + multipart + "]";
+   }
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
index 0b4b5cfeab..4bd3ad01c5 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncBlobStore extends S3AsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
       // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
       return multipartUploadStrategy.get().execute(container, blob);
    }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
index f00b14617d..698af2556b 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ public class AWSS3BlobStore extends S3BlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
-      // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
+   public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+    // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
       return multipartUploadStrategy.get().execute(container, blob);
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
index 6833bda5b1..50159a148b 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.KeyNotFoundException;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.http.BaseJettyTest;
 import org.jclouds.http.apachehc.config.ApacheHCHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public class AWSS3ClientLiveTest extends S3ClientLiveTest {
          blobStore.createContainerInLocation(null, containerName);
          Blob blob = blobStore.blobBuilder("const.txt")
             .payload(new File("target/const.txt")).build();
-         blobStore.putBlobMultipart(containerName, blob);
+         blobStore.putBlob(containerName, blob, PutOptions.Builder.multipart());
       } finally {
          returnContainer(containerName);
       }
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
index 1229716b0b..64329934d1 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.Futures;
@@ -246,7 +247,8 @@ public class AzureAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }
 
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
index 84fb45c0fc..b43d0f4ab1 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
@@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ public class AzureBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
     *           object
     */
    @Override
-   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+   public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
+      // TODO implement options
       return putBlob(container, blob);
    }