diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c44c76b..d2b8bb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=$TOGETHER_API_KEY OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.together.xyz/v1 gpt
 
 The prefix is stripped before sending the request to the API.
 
+Similarly, use the `oai-azure:` model name prefix to use a model deployed via Azure Open AI. For example, `oai-azure:my-deployment-name`.
+
 ## Other chat bots
 
 ### Anthropic Claude
diff --git a/gptcli/assistant.py b/gptcli/assistant.py
index fdbe6ea..84fb680 100644
--- a/gptcli/assistant.py
+++ b/gptcli/assistant.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from gptcli.providers.openai import OpenAICompletionProvider
 from gptcli.providers.anthropic import AnthropicCompletionProvider
 from gptcli.providers.cohere import CohereCompletionProvider
+from gptcli.providers.azure_openai import AzureOpenAICompletionProvider
 
 
 class AssistantConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ def get_completion_provider(model: str) -> CompletionProvider:
         or model.startswith("o1")
     ):
         return OpenAICompletionProvider()
+    elif model.startswith("oai-azure:"):
+        return AzureOpenAICompletionProvider()
     elif model.startswith("claude"):
         return AnthropicCompletionProvider()
     elif model.startswith("llama"):
diff --git a/gptcli/config.py b/gptcli/config.py
index 042cc63..df5c065 100644
--- a/gptcli/config.py
+++ b/gptcli/config.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class GptCliConfig:
     api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
     openai_api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
     openai_base_url: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+    openai_azure_api_version: str = "2024-10-21"
     anthropic_api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
     google_api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
     cohere_api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY")
diff --git a/gptcli/gpt.py b/gptcli/gpt.py
index 87f80b4..1e55c1f 100755
--- a/gptcli/gpt.py
+++ b/gptcli/gpt.py
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ def main():
     if config.openai_base_url:
         openai.base_url = config.openai_base_url
 
+    if config.openai_azure_api_version:
+        openai.api_version = config.openai_azure_api_version
+
     if config.api_key:
         openai.api_key = config.api_key
     elif config.openai_api_key:
diff --git a/gptcli/providers/azure_openai.py b/gptcli/providers/azure_openai.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12648ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gptcli/providers/azure_openai.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import openai
+from openai import AzureOpenAI
+from gptcli.providers.openai import OpenAICompletionProvider
+
+
+class AzureOpenAICompletionProvider(OpenAICompletionProvider):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.client = AzureOpenAI(
+            api_key=openai.api_key,
+            base_url=openai.base_url,
+            api_version=openai.api_version,
+        )
diff --git a/gptcli/providers/openai.py b/gptcli/providers/openai.py
index 97574fa..14a8035 100644
--- a/gptcli/providers/openai.py
+++ b/gptcli/providers/openai.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import re
 from typing import Iterator, List, Optional, cast
 import openai
-from openai import OpenAI
+from openai import AzureOpenAI, OpenAI
 from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from gptcli.completion import (
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def complete(
         if model.startswith("oai-compat:"):
             model = model[len("oai-compat:") :]
 
+        if model.startswith("oai-azure:"):
+            model = model[len("oai-azure:") :]
+
         try:
             if stream:
                 response_iter = self.client.chat.completions.create(