diff --git a/kombu/transport/azurestoragequeues.py b/kombu/transport/azurestoragequeues.py
index 0e3837a8e..ab5900195 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/azurestoragequeues.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/azurestoragequeues.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Transport(virtual.Transport):
     can_parse_url = True
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_uri(uri: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    def parse_uri(uri: str) -> tuple[str | dict, str]:
         # URL like:
         #  azurestoragequeues://STORAGE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_KEY@STORAGE_ACCOUNT_URL
         #  azurestoragequeues://SAS_TOKEN@STORAGE_ACCOUNT_URL
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ def parse_uri(uri: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
             # > 'some/key',  'url'
             credential, url = uri.rsplit('@', 1)
 
+            # parse credential as a dict if Azurite is being used
+            if "devstoreaccount1" in url and ".core.windows.net" not in url:
+                credential = {
+                    "account_name": "devstoreaccount1",
+                    "account_key": credential,
+                }
+
             # Validate parameters
             assert all([credential, url])
         except Exception:
diff --git a/t/unit/transport/test_azurestoragequeues.py b/t/unit/transport/test_azurestoragequeues.py
index d5568cbbe..44fa859be 100644
--- a/t/unit/transport/test_azurestoragequeues.py
+++ b/t/unit/transport/test_azurestoragequeues.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 URL_NOCREDS = 'azurestoragequeues://'
 URL_CREDS = 'azurestoragequeues://sas/key%@https://STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME.queue.core.windows.net/' # noqa
+AZURITE_CREDS = 'azurestoragequeues://Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==@http://localhost:10001/devstoreaccount1'  # noqa
+AZURITE_CREDS_DOCKER_COMPOSE = 'azurestoragequeues://Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==@http://azurite:10001/devstoreaccount1'  # noqa
 
 
 def test_queue_service_nocredentials():
@@ -31,3 +33,22 @@ def test_queue_service():
         # Check the SAS token "sas/key%" has been parsed from the url correctly
         assert channel._credential == 'sas/key%'
         assert channel._url == 'https://STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME.queue.core.windows.net/' # noqa
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "creds, hostname",
+    [
+        (AZURITE_CREDS, 'localhost'),
+        (AZURITE_CREDS_DOCKER_COMPOSE, 'azurite'),
+    ]
+)
+def test_queue_service_works_for_azurite(creds, hostname):
+    conn = Connection(creds, transport=azurestoragequeues.Transport)
+    with patch('kombu.transport.azurestoragequeues.QueueServiceClient'):
+        channel = conn.channel()
+
+        assert channel._credential == {
+            'account_name': 'devstoreaccount1',
+            'account_key': 'Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=='  # noqa
+        }
+        assert channel._url == f'http://{hostname}:10001/devstoreaccount1' # noqa