diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
index 67cb4522b6e..1cdc0ebc50e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageaccount.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ options:
         default: 'Storage'
         choices:
             - Storage
+            - StorageV2
             - BlobStorage
         version_added: "2.2"
     access_tier:
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ class AzureRMStorageAccount(AzureRMModuleBase):
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
             force=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             tags=dict(type='dict'),
-            kind=dict(type='str', default='Storage', choices=['Storage', 'BlobStorage']),
+            kind=dict(type='str', default='Storage', choices=['Storage', 'StorageV2', 'BlobStorage']),
             access_tier=dict(type='str', choices=['Hot', 'Cool'])
         )