diff --git a/pkg/model/master_volumes.go b/pkg/model/master_volumes.go
index 3f3d734cad7cc..7b60d1beeb0fc 100644
--- a/pkg/model/master_volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/model/master_volumes.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	armcompute "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute"
 	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
 	"github.com/scaleway/scaleway-sdk-go/api/instance/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultAWSEtcdVolumeIonIops       = 100
 	DefaultAWSEtcdVolumeGp3Iops       = 3000
 	DefaultAWSEtcdVolumeGp3Throughput = 125
+	DefaultAZUREEtcdVolumeType        = "StandardSSD_LRS"
 	DefaultGCEEtcdVolumeType          = "pd-ssd"
 )
 
@@ -363,6 +365,10 @@ func (b *MasterVolumeBuilder) addAzureVolume(
 	m kops.EtcdMemberSpec,
 	allMembers []string,
 ) error {
+	volumeType := fi.ValueOf(m.VolumeType)
+	if volumeType == "" {
+		volumeType = DefaultAZUREEtcdVolumeType
+	}
 	// The tags are use by Protokube to mount the volume and use it for etcd.
 	tags := map[string]*string{
 		// This is the configuration of the etcd cluster.
@@ -394,9 +400,10 @@ func (b *MasterVolumeBuilder) addAzureVolume(
 		ResourceGroup: &azuretasks.ResourceGroup{
 			Name: fi.PtrTo(b.Cluster.AzureResourceGroupName()),
 		},
-		SizeGB: fi.PtrTo(volumeSize),
-		Tags:   tags,
-		Zones:  []*string{&zoneNumber},
+		SizeGB:     fi.PtrTo(volumeSize),
+		Tags:       tags,
+		VolumeType: fi.PtrTo(armcompute.DiskStorageAccountTypes(volumeType)),
+		Zones:      []*string{&zoneNumber},
 	}
 	c.AddTask(t)
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk.go
index 519ae3bf2cf0b..d65d8720849fd 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Disk struct {
 	ResourceGroup *ResourceGroup
 	SizeGB        *int32
 	Tags          map[string]*string
+	VolumeType    *compute.DiskStorageAccountTypes
 	Zones         []*string
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ func (d *Disk) Find(c *fi.CloudupContext) (*Disk, error) {
 		Tags:   found.Tags,
 		Zones:  found.Zones,
 	}
+	if found.SKU != nil && found.SKU.Name != nil {
+		disk.VolumeType = found.SKU.Name
+	}
 	if found.Properties != nil {
 		disk.SizeGB = found.Properties.DiskSizeGB
 	}
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ func (*Disk) RenderAzure(t *azure.AzureAPITarget, a, e, changes *Disk) error {
 			DiskSizeGB: e.SizeGB,
 		},
 		SKU: &compute.DiskSKU{
-			Name: to.Ptr(compute.DiskStorageAccountTypesStandardSSDLRS),
+			Name: e.VolumeType,
 		},
 		Tags:  e.Tags,
 		Zones: e.Zones,
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk_test.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk_test.go
index ebbfd46462899..d2752bfe790eb 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk_test.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azuretasks/disk_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	testTagKey   = "key"
-	testTagValue = "value"
+	testTagKey     = "key"
+	testTagValue   = "value"
+	testVolumeType = "StandardSSD_LRS"
 )
 
 func newTestDisk() *Disk {
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ func newTestDisk() *Disk {
 		ResourceGroup: &ResourceGroup{
 			Name: to.Ptr("rg"),
 		},
-		SizeGB: to.Ptr[int32](32),
+		SizeGB:     to.Ptr[int32](32),
+		VolumeType: to.Ptr(compute.DiskStorageAccountTypesStandardSSDLRS),
 		Tags: map[string]*string{
 			testTagKey: to.Ptr(testTagValue),
 		},