diff --git a/clients/storage/blob.go b/clients/storage/blob.go
index c01bfbe535fa..f451e51fe108 100644
--- a/clients/storage/blob.go
+++ b/clients/storage/blob.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ type BlockListResponse struct {
 // in the GetBlockListCall.
 type BlockResponse struct {
 	Name string `xml:"Name"`
-	Size uint64 `xml:"Size"`
+	Size int64  `xml:"Size"`
 }
 
 // GetPageRangesResponse contains the reponse fields from
@@ -502,6 +502,25 @@ func (b BlobStorageClient) GetBlobProperties(container, name string) (*BlobPrope
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// CreateBlockBlob initializes an empty block blob with no blocks.
+// See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179451.aspx
+func (b BlobStorageClient) CreateBlockBlob(container, name string) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", container, name)
+	uri := b.client.getEndpoint(blobServiceName, path, url.Values{})
+	headers := b.client.getStandardHeaders()
+	headers["x-ms-blob-type"] = string(BlobTypeBlock)
+	headers["Content-Length"] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", 0)
+
+	resp, err := b.client.exec("PUT", uri, headers, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.statusCode != http.StatusCreated {
+		return ErrNotCreated
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // PutBlockBlob uploads given stream into a block blob by splitting
 // data stream into chunks and uploading as blocks. Commits the block
 // list at the end. This is a helper method built on top of PutBlock
diff --git a/clients/storage/blob_test.go b/clients/storage/blob_test.go
index cb9313462cf3..33e3d173dbf3 100644
--- a/clients/storage/blob_test.go
+++ b/clients/storage/blob_test.go
@@ -843,11 +843,41 @@ func TestGetBlockList_PutBlockList(t *testing.T) {
 	if expected := blockId; expected != thatBlock.Name {
 		t.Fatalf("Wrong block name. Expected: %s, got: %s", expected, thatBlock.Name)
 	}
-	if expected := uint64(len(chunk)); expected != thatBlock.Size {
+	if expected := int64(len(chunk)); expected != thatBlock.Size {
 		t.Fatalf("Wrong block name. Expected: %d, got: %d", expected, thatBlock.Size)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCreateBlockBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	cli, err := getBlobClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cnt := randContainer()
+	if err := cli.CreateContainer(cnt, ContainerAccessTypePrivate); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer cli.deleteContainer(cnt)
+
+	blob := randString(20)
+	if err := cli.CreateBlockBlob(cnt, blob); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify
+	blocks, err := cli.GetBlockList(cnt, blob, BlockListTypeAll)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if expected, got := 0, len(blocks.CommittedBlocks); expected != got {
+		t.Fatalf("Got wrong committed block count. Expected: %v, Got:%v ", expected, got)
+	}
+	if expected, got := 0, len(blocks.UncommittedBlocks); expected != got {
+		t.Fatalf("Got wrong uncommitted block count. Expected: %v, Got:%v ", expected, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPutPageBlob(t *testing.T) {
 	cli, err := getBlobClient()
 	if err != nil {