diff --git a/start-azurite b/start-azurite
index b0f57e1..bf3a70c 100755
--- a/start-azurite
+++ b/start-azurite
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 AZURITE_DIR="${AZURITE_DIR:-$(pwd)}"
 CONTAINER_ARGS=()
+AZURITE_IMAGE="${AZURITE_IMAGE:-azurite:latest}"
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 if command -v dockerd &> /dev/null; then
-    docker run --rm -d --name azurite --env-file "$AZURITE_DIR/accounts.env" -p 443:443 -v "$AZURITE_DIR/storage":/storage azurite:latest "${CONTAINER_ARGS[@]}"
+    docker run --rm -d --name azurite --env-file "$AZURITE_DIR/accounts.env" -p 443:443 -v "$AZURITE_DIR/storage":/storage "$AZURITE_IMAGE" "${CONTAINER_ARGS[@]}"
 elif command -v container &> /dev/null; then
-    container run --rm -d --name azurite --env-file "$AZURITE_DIR/accounts.env" -p 443:443 --mount type=bind,source="$AZURITE_DIR/storage",target=/storage azurite:latest "${CONTAINER_ARGS[@]}"
+    container run --rm -d --name azurite --env-file "$AZURITE_DIR/accounts.env" -p 443:443 --mount type=bind,source="$AZURITE_DIR/storage",target=/storage "$AZURITE_IMAGE" "${CONTAINER_ARGS[@]}"
 else
     echo "Neither supported container runtime found." >&2
     exit 1