diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
index dbc94ecd0af..05c451db739 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ AZURE_ENUM_MODULES = ['azure.mgmt.compute.models']
 
 def extract_names_from_blob_uri(blob_uri, storage_suffix):
     # HACK: ditch this once python SDK supports get by URI
-    m = re.match(r'^https://(?P<accountname>[^.]+)\.blob\.{0}/'
+    m = re.match(r'^https?://(?P<accountname>[^.]+)\.blob\.{0}/'
                  r'(?P<containername>[^/]+)/(?P<blobname>.+)$'.format(storage_suffix), blob_uri)
     if not m:
         raise Exception("unable to parse blob uri '%s'" % blob_uri)