diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
index 1e6f00eb33..5469944f9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
@@ -1287,6 +1287,8 @@ public void initialize(URI uri, Configuration conf)
 
     this.azureAuthorization = useSecureMode &&
         conf.getBoolean(KEY_AZURE_AUTHORIZATION, DEFAULT_AZURE_AUTHORIZATION);
+    this.kerberosSupportEnabled =
+        conf.getBoolean(Constants.AZURE_KERBEROS_SUPPORT_PROPERTY_NAME, false);
 
     if (this.azureAuthorization) {