diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29577bb..bba0db2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Without oh-my-zsh:
 ; Primary service configuration
 ; Set 'service' to match one of the defined sections below.
 [service]
-service = groq_service
+service = azure_openai_service
 
 ; Example configuration for a self-hosted Ollama service.
 [my_ollama]
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ model = gemma2-9b-it
 api_type = mistral
 api_key = <mistral_apikey>
 model = mistral-small-latest
+
+; Azure Open AI configuration
+; Provide the 'api_key' and 'endpoint'.
+[azure_openai_service]
+api_type = azure_openai
+api_key = api_key
+endpoint = endpoint
+deployment = deployment_name
 ```
 
 In this configuration file, you can define multiple services with their own configurations. The required and optional parameters of the `api_type` are specified in `services/sevices.py`. Choose which service to use in the `[service]` section.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec838c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openai
diff --git a/services/services.py b/services/services.py
index aa54991..8ceaf06 100644
--- a/services/services.py
+++ b/services/services.py
@@ -61,6 +61,50 @@ def get_completion(self, full_command: str) -> str:
         return response.choices[0].message.content
 
 
+class AzureOpenAIClient(BaseClient):
+    """
+    config keys:
+        - api_type="azure_openai"
+        - api_key (required)
+        - endpoint (required): The Azure OpenAI endpoint.
+        - deployment (optional): defaults to "gpt-4o-mini"
+        - api_verion (optional): deafults to "2024-12-01-preview"
+        - temperature (optional): defaults to 1.0.
+    """
+
+    api_type = "azure_openai"
+    default_deployment = os.getenv("AZUREOPENAI_DEFAULT_DEPLOYMENT", "gpt-4o-mini")
+    default_api_version = "2024-12-01-preview"
+
+    def __init__(self, config: dict):
+        try:
+            from openai import AzureOpenAI 
+        except ImportError:
+            print(
+                "OpenAI library is not installed. Please install it using 'pip install openai'"
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        self.config = config
+        self.config["deployment"] = self.config.get("deployment", self.default_deployment)
+        self.config["api_version"] = self.config.get("api_version", self.default_api_version)
+        self.client = AzureOpenAI(
+            api_version=self.config["api_version"],
+            azure_endpoint=self.config["endpoint"],
+            api_key=self.config["api_key"],
+        )
+
+    def get_completion(self, full_command: str) -> str:
+        response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=self.config["deployment"],
+            messages=[
+                {"role": "system", "content": self.system_prompt},
+                {"role": "user", "content": full_command},
+            ],
+            temperature=float(self.config.get("temperature", 1.0)),
+        )
+        return response.choices[0].message.content
+
 class GoogleGenAIClient(BaseClient):
     """
     config keys:
@@ -239,7 +283,7 @@ def get_completion(self, full_command: str) -> str:
 
 
 class ClientFactory:
-    api_types = [OpenAIClient.api_type, GoogleGenAIClient.api_type, GroqClient.api_type, MistralClient.api_type, AmazonBedrock.api_type]
+    api_types = [OpenAIClient.api_type, GoogleGenAIClient.api_type, GroqClient.api_type, MistralClient.api_type, AmazonBedrock.api_type, AzureOpenAIClient.api_type]
 
     @classmethod
     def create(cls):
@@ -263,6 +307,8 @@ def create(cls):
                 return MistralClient(config)
             case AmazonBedrock.api_type:
                 return AmazonBedrock(config)
+            case AzureOpenAIClient.api_type:
+                return AzureOpenAIClient(config)
             case _:
                 raise KeyError(
                     f"Specified API type {api_type} is not one of the supported services {cls.api_types}"