diff --git a/storages/backends/azure_storage.py b/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
index df27994c6..7d89e2426 100644
--- a/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
+++ b/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ def _get_service_client(self):
                 DeprecationWarning,
             )
             options["api_version"] = self.api_version
+
+        # allow account url override for very custom azure instances/routing
+        if "account_url" in options:
+            return BlobServiceClient(credential=credential, **options)
+
         return BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=credential, **options)
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_azure.py b/tests/test_azure.py
index 059cb2eec..7cb1b52dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_azure.py
+++ b/tests/test_azure.py
@@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ def test_container_client_params_token_credential(self):
                 "https://test.blob.core.windows.net", credential="foo_cred"
             )
 
+    def test_container_client_params_token_credential_and_super_custom_url(self):
+        storage = azure_storage.AzureStorage()
+        storage.token_credential = "foo_cred"
+        storage.client_options = {"account_url": "https://bar.com"}
+        with mock.patch(
+            "storages.backends.azure_storage.BlobServiceClient", autospec=True
+        ) as bsc_mocked:
+            client_mock = mock.MagicMock()
+            bsc_mocked.return_value.get_container_client.return_value = client_mock
+            self.assertEqual(storage.client, client_mock)
+            bsc_mocked.assert_called_once_with("https://bar.com", credential="foo_cred")
+
     def test_connection_string_can_have_missing(self):
         storage = azure_storage.AzureStorage(
             connection_string="AccountKey=abc;Foobar=xyz;"