diff --git a/plugins/nf-azure/src/main/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelper.groovy b/plugins/nf-azure/src/main/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelper.groovy
index 751678294f..ba4ba6cd71 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-azure/src/main/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelper.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-azure/src/main/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelper.groovy
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import com.azure.storage.blob.sas.BlobContainerSasPermission
 import com.azure.storage.blob.sas.BlobSasPermission
 import com.azure.storage.blob.sas.BlobServiceSasSignatureValues
 import com.azure.storage.common.StorageSharedKeyCredential
+import com.azure.storage.common.policy.RequestRetryOptions
+import com.azure.storage.common.policy.RetryPolicyType
 import com.azure.storage.common.sas.AccountSasPermission
 import com.azure.storage.common.sas.AccountSasResourceType
 import com.azure.storage.common.sas.AccountSasService
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ import com.azure.storage.common.sas.AccountSasSignatureValues
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.Memoized
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import nextflow.cloud.azure.config.AzConfig
+import nextflow.cloud.azure.config.AzRetryConfig
 import nextflow.cloud.azure.nio.AzPath
 import nextflow.util.Duration
 /**
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ class AzHelper {
         return new BlobServiceClientBuilder()
                 .endpoint(endpoint)
                 .credential(credential)
+                .retryOptions(requestRetryOptions())
                 .buildClient()
     }
 
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@ class AzHelper {
         return new BlobServiceClientBuilder()
                 .endpoint(endpoint)
                 .sasToken(sasToken)
+                .retryOptions(requestRetryOptions())
                 .buildClient()
     }
 
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ class AzHelper {
         return new BlobServiceClientBuilder()
                 .credential(credential)
                 .endpoint(endpoint)
+                .retryOptions(requestRetryOptions())
                 .buildClient()
     }
 
@@ -231,7 +238,26 @@ class AzHelper {
         return new BlobServiceClientBuilder()
                 .credential(credentialBuilder.build())
                 .endpoint(endpoint)
+                .retryOptions(requestRetryOptions())
                 .buildClient()
     }
 
+    @Memoized
+    static protected RequestRetryOptions requestRetryOptions() {
+        final cfg = AzConfig.getConfig().retryConfig()
+        return requestRetryOptions0(cfg)
+    }
+
+    static protected RequestRetryOptions requestRetryOptions0(AzRetryConfig cfg) {
+        final retryDelay = java.time.Duration.ofMillis(cfg.getDelay().millis)
+        final maxRetryDelay = java.time.Duration.ofMillis(cfg.getMaxDelay().millis)
+        new RequestRetryOptions(
+            RetryPolicyType.EXPONENTIAL,
+            cfg.maxAttempts,
+            null,
+            retryDelay,
+            maxRetryDelay,
+            null)
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/nf-azure/src/test/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelperTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-azure/src/test/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelperTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1c2fd342a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nf-azure/src/test/nextflow/cloud/azure/batch/AzHelperTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2024, Seqera Labs
+ *
+ * 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 nextflow.cloud.azure.batch
+
+import java.time.Duration
+
+import com.azure.storage.common.policy.RetryPolicyType
+import nextflow.cloud.azure.config.AzRetryConfig
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.Unroll
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
+ */
+class AzHelperTest extends Specification {
+
+    @Unroll
+    def 'should create retry options' () {
+        given:
+        def opts = AzHelper.requestRetryOptions0(CONFIG)
+        expect:
+        opts.@retryPolicyType == RetryPolicyType.EXPONENTIAL
+        opts.maxRetryDelay.toMillis() == CONFIG.maxDelay.millis
+        opts.retryDelay.toMillis() == CONFIG.delay.millis
+        opts.maxTries == CONFIG.maxAttempts
+        and:
+        opts.secondaryHost == null
+        opts.tryTimeoutDuration == Duration.ofSeconds(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+
+        where:
+        _ | CONFIG
+        _ | new AzRetryConfig()
+        _ | new AzRetryConfig([delay: '10s', maxAttempts: 20, maxDelay: '200s'])
+    }
+
+}