diff --git a/charts/elasticsearch/templates/cluster.yaml b/charts/elasticsearch/templates/cluster.yaml
index b443e7718..9063f2c66 100644
--- a/charts/elasticsearch/templates/cluster.yaml
+++ b/charts/elasticsearch/templates/cluster.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
   snapshot:
     scheduler-enabled: {{ .Values.snapshot.enabled }}
+    type: {{ .Values.snapshot.type }}
     bucket-name: {{ .Values.snapshot.bucketName }}
     cron-schedule: "{{ .Values.snapshot.schedule }}"
     image: "{{ .Values.snapshot.image }}"
diff --git a/charts/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/charts/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index 215ece4c4..9096a56bc 100644
--- a/charts/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use-ssl: True
 
 snapshot:
   enabled: false
+  type: s3
   bucketName: elasticsnapshots
   schedule: "@every 2m"
   image: upmcenterprises/elasticsearch-cron:0.0.4
diff --git a/example/example-es-cluster-azure.yaml b/example/example-es-cluster-azure.yaml
index 207e7c16a..3222c0a94 100644
--- a/example/example-es-cluster-azure.yaml
+++ b/example/example-es-cluster-azure.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ spec:
   java-options: "-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m"
   snapshot:
     scheduler-enabled: false
+    type: azure
     bucket-name: elasticsnapshots99
     cron-schedule: "@every 2m"
     image: upmcenterprises/elasticsearch-cron:0.0.4
diff --git a/pkg/apis/elasticsearchoperator/v1/cluster.go b/pkg/apis/elasticsearchoperator/v1/cluster.go
index b33303226..c0036680f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/elasticsearchoperator/v1/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/elasticsearchoperator/v1/cluster.go
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ type Snapshot struct {
 	// Enabled determines if snapshots are enabled
 	SchedulerEnabled bool `json:"scheduler-enabled"`
 
-	// RepoType defines the type of Elasticsearch Repository, s3 or gcs
+	// RepoType defines the type of Elasticsearch Repository, s3, gcs, azure
 	RepoType string `json:"type"`
 
-	// BucketName defines the AWS S3 or GCS bucket to store snapshots
+	// BucketName defines the AWS s3, gcs, azure bucket/container to store snapshots
 	BucketName string `json:"bucket-name"`
 
 	// CronSchedule defines how to run the snapshots