diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 52661c3f..04ba591a 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pyspx.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-azure.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py b/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
index d00be3dc..66b93e92 100644
--- a/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
+++ b/securesystemslib/signer/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 This module provides extensible interfaces for public keys and signers:
 Some implementations are provided by default but more can be added by users.
 """
+from securesystemslib.signer._azure_signer import AzureSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._gcp_signer import GCPSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._gpg_signer import GPGKey, GPGSigner
 from securesystemslib.signer._hsm_signer import HSMSigner
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
         GCPSigner.SCHEME: GCPSigner,
         HSMSigner.SCHEME: HSMSigner,
         GPGSigner.SCHEME: GPGSigner,
+        AzureSigner.SCHEME: AzureSigner,
     }
 )
 
diff --git a/securesystemslib/signer/_azure_signer.py b/securesystemslib/signer/_azure_signer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbe5d6b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/securesystemslib/signer/_azure_signer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+"""Signer implementation for Azure Key Vault"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from urllib import parse
+
+import securesystemslib.hash as sslib_hash
+from securesystemslib.exceptions import UnsupportedLibraryError
+from securesystemslib.signer._key import Key
+from securesystemslib.signer._signer import (
+    SecretsHandler,
+    Signature,
+    Signer,
+    SSlibKey,
+)
+
+AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR = None
+try:
+    from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
+    from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
+    from azure.keyvault.keys import KeyClient, KeyCurveName, KeyVaultKey
+    from azure.keyvault.keys.crypto import (
+        CryptographyClient,
+        SignatureAlgorithm,
+    )
+    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
+    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.utils import (
+        encode_dss_signature,
+    )
+    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import (
+        Encoding,
+        PublicFormat,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR = "Signing with Azure Key Vault requires azure-identity, azure-keyvault-keys and cryptography."
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class UnsupportedKeyType(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class AzureSigner(Signer):
+    """Azure Key Vault Signer
+
+    This Signer uses Azure Key Vault to sign.
+    Currently this signer only supports signing with EC keys.
+    RSA support will be added in a separate pull request.
+
+    The specific permissions that AzureSigner needs are:
+    * "Key Vault Crypto User" for import() and sign()
+
+    See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/rbac-guide?tabs=azure-cli
+    for a list of all built-in Azure Key Vault roles
+
+    Arguments:
+        az_key_uri: Fully qualified Azure Key Vault name, like
+            https://<vault-name>.vault.azure.net/keys/<key-name>/<version>
+        public_key: public key object
+
+    Raises:
+        Various errors from azure.identity
+        Various errors from azure.keyvault.keys
+    """
+
+    SCHEME = "azurekms"
+
+    def __init__(self, az_key_uri: str, public_key: Key):
+        if AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR:
+            raise UnsupportedLibraryError(AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR)
+
+        try:
+            cred = DefaultAzureCredential()
+            self.crypto_client = CryptographyClient(
+                az_key_uri,
+                credential=cred,
+            )
+            self.signature_algorithm = self._get_signature_algorithm(
+                public_key,
+            )
+            self.hash_algorithm = self._get_hash_algorithm(public_key)
+        except UnsupportedKeyType as e:
+            logger.info(
+                "Key %s has unsupported key type or unsupported elliptic curve"
+            )
+            raise e
+        self.public_key = public_key
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_key_vault_key(
+        cred: "DefaultAzureCredential",
+        vault_name: str,
+        key_name: str,
+    ) -> "KeyVaultKey":
+        """Return KeyVaultKey created from the Vault name and key name"""
+        vault_url = f"https://{vault_name}.vault.azure.net/"
+
+        try:
+            key_client = KeyClient(vault_url=vault_url, credential=cred)
+            return key_client.get_key(key_name)
+        except (HttpResponseError,) as e:
+            logger.info(
+                "Key %s/%s failed to create key client from credentials, key ID, and Vault URL: %s",
+                vault_name,
+                key_name,
+                str(e),
+            )
+            raise e
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _create_crypto_client(
+        cred: "DefaultAzureCredential",
+        kv_key: "KeyVaultKey",
+    ) -> "CryptographyClient":
+        """Return CryptographyClient created Azure credentials and a KeyVaultKey"""
+        try:
+            return CryptographyClient(kv_key, credential=cred)
+        except (HttpResponseError,) as e:
+            logger.info(
+                "Key %s failed to create crypto client from credentials and KeyVaultKey: %s",
+                kv_key,
+                str(e),
+            )
+            raise e
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_signature_algorithm(public_key: Key) -> "SignatureAlgorithm":
+        """Return SignatureAlgorithm after parsing the public key"""
+        if public_key.keytype != "ecdsa":
+            logger.info("only EC keys are supported for now")
+            raise UnsupportedKeyType("Supplied key must be an EC key")
+        # Format is "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"
+        comps = public_key.scheme.split("-")
+        if len(comps) != 3:
+            raise UnsupportedKeyType("Invalid scheme found")
+
+        if comps[2] == "nistp256":
+            return SignatureAlgorithm.es256
+        if comps[2] == "nistp384":
+            return SignatureAlgorithm.es384
+        if comps[2] == "nistp521":
+            return SignatureAlgorithm.es512
+
+        raise UnsupportedKeyType("Unsupported curve supplied by key")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_hash_algorithm(public_key: "Key") -> str:
+        """Return the hash algorithm used by the public key"""
+        # Format is "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"
+        comps = public_key.scheme.split("-")
+        if len(comps) != 3:
+            raise UnsupportedKeyType("Invalid scheme found")
+
+        if comps[2] == "nistp256":
+            return "sha256"
+        if comps[2] == "nistp384":
+            return "sha384"
+        if comps[2] == "nistp521":
+            return "sha512"
+
+        raise UnsupportedKeyType("Unsupported curve supplied by key")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_keytype_and_scheme(crv: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+        if crv == KeyCurveName.p_256:
+            return "ecdsa", "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"
+        if crv == KeyCurveName.p_384:
+            return "ecdsa", "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384"
+        if crv == KeyCurveName.p_521:
+            return "ecdsa", "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521"
+
+        raise UnsupportedKeyType("Unsupported curve supplied by key")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_priv_key_uri(
+        cls,
+        priv_key_uri: str,
+        public_key: Key,
+        secrets_handler: Optional[SecretsHandler] = None,
+    ) -> "AzureSigner":
+        uri = parse.urlparse(priv_key_uri)
+
+        if uri.scheme != cls.SCHEME:
+            raise ValueError(f"AzureSigner does not support {priv_key_uri}")
+
+        az_key_uri = priv_key_uri.replace("azurekms:", "https:")
+        return cls(az_key_uri, public_key)
+
+    @classmethod
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+    def import_(cls, az_vault_name: str, az_key_name: str) -> Tuple[str, Key]:
+        """Load key and signer details from KMS
+
+        Returns the private key uri and the public key. This method should only
+        be called once per key: the uri and Key should be stored for later use.
+        """
+        if AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR:
+            raise UnsupportedLibraryError(AZURE_IMPORT_ERROR)
+
+        credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+        key_vault_key = cls._get_key_vault_key(
+            credential, az_vault_name, az_key_name
+        )
+
+        if not key_vault_key.key.kty.startswith("EC"):
+            raise UnsupportedKeyType(
+                f"Unsupported key type {key_vault_key.key.kty}"
+            )
+
+        if key_vault_key.key.crv == KeyCurveName.p_256:
+            crv: ec.EllipticCurve = ec.SECP256R1()
+        elif key_vault_key.key.crv == KeyCurveName.p_384:
+            crv = ec.SECP384R1()
+        elif key_vault_key.key.crv == KeyCurveName.p_521:
+            crv = ec.SECP521R1()
+        else:
+            raise UnsupportedKeyType(
+                f"Unsupported curve type {key_vault_key.key.crv}"
+            )
+
+        # Key is in JWK format, create a curve from it with the parameters
+        x = int.from_bytes(key_vault_key.key.x, byteorder="big")
+        y = int.from_bytes(key_vault_key.key.y, byteorder="big")
+
+        cpub = ec.EllipticCurvePublicNumbers(x, y, crv)
+        pub_key = cpub.public_key()
+        pem = pub_key.public_bytes(
+            Encoding.PEM, PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo
+        )
+
+        keytype, scheme = cls._get_keytype_and_scheme(key_vault_key.key.crv)
+        keyval = {"public": pem.decode("utf-8")}
+        keyid = cls._get_keyid(keytype, scheme, keyval)
+        public_key = SSlibKey(keyid, keytype, scheme, keyval)
+        priv_key_uri = key_vault_key.key.kid.replace("https:", "azurekms:")
+
+        return priv_key_uri, public_key
+
+    def sign(self, payload: bytes) -> Signature:
+        """Signs payload with Azure Key Vault.
+
+        Arguments:
+            payload: bytes to be signed.
+
+        Raises:
+            Various errors from azure.keyvault.keys.
+
+        Returns:
+            Signature.
+        """
+
+        hasher = sslib_hash.digest(self.hash_algorithm)
+        hasher.update(payload)
+        digest = hasher.digest()
+        response = self.crypto_client.sign(self.signature_algorithm, digest)
+
+        # This code is copied from:
+        # https://github.com/secure-systems-lab/securesystemslib/blob/135567fa04f10d0c6a4cd32eb45ce736e1f50a93/securesystemslib/signer/_hsm_signer.py#L379
+        #
+        # The PKCS11 signature octets correspond to the concatenation of the
+        # ECDSA values r and s, both represented as an octet string of equal
+        # length of at most nLen with the most significant byte first (i.e.
+        # big endian)
+        # https://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v3.0/cs01/pkcs11-curr-v3.0-cs01.html#_Toc30061178
+        r_s_len = int(len(response.signature) / 2)
+        r = int.from_bytes(response.signature[:r_s_len], byteorder="big")
+        s = int.from_bytes(response.signature[r_s_len:], byteorder="big")
+
+        # Create an ASN.1 encoded Dss-Sig-Value to be used with
+        # pyca/cryptography
+        dss_sig_value = encode_dss_signature(r, s).hex()
+
+        return Signature(self.public_key.keyid, dss_sig_value)
diff --git a/tests/check_azure_signer.py b/tests/check_azure_signer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e21da188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check_azure_signer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""
+This module confirms that signing using Azure KMS keys works.
+
+The purpose is to do a smoke test, not to exhaustively test every possible
+key and environment combination.
+
+For Azure, the requirements to successfully test are:
+* Azure authentication details have to be available in the environment
+* The key defined in the test has to be available to the authenticated user
+
+NOTE: the filename is purposefully check_ rather than test_ so that tests are
+only run when explicitly invoked.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+
+from securesystemslib.exceptions import UnverifiedSignatureError
+from securesystemslib.signer import AzureSigner, Key, Signer
+
+
+class TestAzureKeys(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test that KMS keys can be used to sign."""
+
+    azure_pubkey = Key.from_dict(
+        "8b4af6aec66518bc66718474aa15c8becd3286e8e2b958c497a60a828d591d04",
+        {
+            "keytype": "ecdsa",
+            "scheme": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
+            "keyval": {
+                "public": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAE95qxD+/kX6oCace7hrfChtz2IYGK\nHNBmUwtf3wXH0VEdLPWVoFgGITonvA7vxqYrF8ZzAeeZYNyEBbod7SEeaw==\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
+            },
+        },
+    )
+    azure_id = "azurekms://fsn-vault-1.vault.azure.net/keys/ec-key-1/b1089bbf068742d483970282f02090de"
+
+    def test_azure_sign(self):
+        """Test that Azure KMS key works for signing
+
+        Note that this test requires valid credentials available.
+        """
+
+        data = "data".encode("utf-8")
+
+        signer = Signer.from_priv_key_uri(self.azure_id, self.azure_pubkey)
+        sig = signer.sign(data)
+
+        print(sig.signature)
+
+        self.azure_pubkey.verify_signature(sig, data)
+        with self.assertRaises(UnverifiedSignatureError):
+            self.azure_pubkey.verify_signature(sig, b"NOT DATA")
+
+    def test_azure_import(self):
+        """Test that Azure KMS key works for signing
+
+        Note that this test requires valid credentials available.
+        """
+
+        uri, pubkey = AzureSigner.import_("fsn-vault-1", "ec-key-1")
+
+        self.assertEqual(pubkey, self.azure_pubkey)
+        self.assertEqual(uri, self.azure_id)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=1, buffer=True)