diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/PutAzureBlobStorage.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/PutAzureBlobStorage.java
index f42e4b3532..0a3bc253d7 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/PutAzureBlobStorage.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/PutAzureBlobStorage.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class PutAzureBlobStorage extends AbstractAzureBlobProcessor {
         try {
             CloudBlobClient blobClient = AzureStorageUtils.createCloudBlobClient(context, getLogger(), flowFile);
             CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.getContainerReference(containerName);
+            container.createIfNotExists();
 
             CloudBlob blob = container.getBlockBlobReference(blobPath);
 
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/utils/AzureStorageUtils.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/utils/AzureStorageUtils.java
index 0e1dfd2180..bae72090fb 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/utils/AzureStorageUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/storage/utils/AzureStorageUtils.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public final class AzureStorageUtils {
     public static final PropertyDescriptor CONTAINER = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
             .name("container-name")
             .displayName("Container Name")
-            .description("Name of the Azure storage container")
+            .description("Name of the Azure storage container. In case of PutAzureBlobStorage processor, container will be created if it does not exist.")
             .addValidator(StandardValidators.NON_EMPTY_VALIDATOR)
             .expressionLanguageSupported(ExpressionLanguageScope.FLOWFILE_ATTRIBUTES)
             .required(true)