diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModule.java b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModule.java
index fb6e2c05da..264ad4422b 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModule.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModule.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class AzureBlobHttpApiModule extends HttpApiModule<AzureBlobClient> {
    protected boolean authSAS(@org.jclouds.location.Provider Supplier<Credentials> creds) {
       String credential = creds.get().credential;
       String formattedCredential = credential.startsWith("?") ? credential.substring(1) : credential;
-      List<String> required = ImmutableList.of("sv", "se", "sig", "sp"); 
+      List<String> required = ImmutableList.of("sv", "sig"); 
       try {
          Map<String, String> tokens = Splitter.on('&').withKeyValueSeparator('=').split(formattedCredential);
          return all(required, in(tokens.keySet()));
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModuleTest.java b/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModuleTest.java
index 4ae8f87b68..c8c0cb3461 100755
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModuleTest.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/config/AzureBlobHttpApiModuleTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public class AzureBlobHttpApiModuleTest {
          {false, "sva=swajak&sta=stancyja&spa=spakoj&sea=mora&sig=podpis"}, 
          {true, "sv=2018-03-28&ss=b&srt=sco&sp=r&se=2019-02-13T17:03:09Z&st=2019-02-13T09:03:09Z&spr=https&sig=wNkWK%2GURTjHWhtqG6Q2Gu%2Qu%3FPukW6N4%2FIH4Mr%2F%2FO42M%3D"}, 
          {true, "sp=rl&st=2019-02-14T08:50:26Z&se=2019-02-15T08:50:26Z&sv=2018-03-28&sig=Ukow8%2GtpQpAiVZBLcWp1%2RSpFq928MAqzp%2BdrdregaB6%3D&sr=b"}, 
-         {false, ""} 
+         {false, ""},
+         {true, "sig=Ukow8%2GtpQpAiVZBLcWp1%2RSpFq928MAqzp%2BdrdregaB6%3D\u0026sv=2018-03-28"}
      };
    }