diff --git a/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/azurefunctions/extensions/bindings/blob/utils.py b/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/azurefunctions/extensions/bindings/blob/utils.py
index 5e05599..69ce04a 100644
--- a/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/azurefunctions/extensions/bindings/blob/utils.py
+++ b/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/azurefunctions/extensions/bindings/blob/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #  Licensed under the MIT License.
 import os
 
-from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential
+from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential
 from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient
 
 
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ def get_connection_string(connection_name: str) -> str:
     1. Not using managed identity: the environment variable exists as is
     2. Using managed identity for blob input: __serviceUri must be appended
     3. Using managed identity for blob trigger: __blobServiceUri must be appended
-    4. None of these cases existed, so the connection variable is invalid.
+    4. Using managed identity with host storage:
+        connection name must be AzureWebJobsStorage and __accountName must be appended
+    5. None of these cases existed, so the connection variable is invalid.
     """
     if connection_name in os.environ:
         return os.getenv(connection_name)
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ def get_connection_string(connection_name: str) -> str:
         return os.getenv(connection_name + "__serviceUri")
     elif connection_name + "__blobServiceUri" in os.environ:
         return os.getenv(connection_name + "__blobServiceUri")
+    elif (connection_name == "AzureWebJobsStorage"
+          and connection_name + "__accountName" in os.environ):
+        return f"https://{os.getenv('AzureWebJobsStorage__accountName')}.blob.core.windows.net"  # noqa
     else:
         raise ValueError(
             f"Storage account connection name {connection_name} does not exist. "
@@ -54,10 +59,12 @@ def using_system_managed_identity(connection_name: str) -> bool:
     """
     To determine if system-assigned managed identity is being used, we check if
     the provided connection string has either of the two suffixes:
-    __serviceUri or __blobServiceUri.
+    __serviceUri or __blobServiceUri OR if the identity is using host storage.
     """
     return (os.getenv(connection_name + "__serviceUri") is not None) or (
-        os.getenv(connection_name + "__blobServiceUri") is not None
+        os.getenv(connection_name + "__blobServiceUri") is not None or (
+            connection_name == "AzureWebJobsStorage" and (
+                os.getenv(connection_name + "__accountName")) is not None)
     )
 
 
@@ -81,9 +88,9 @@ def service_client_factory(connection: str):
 
     There are 3 cases:
     1. The customer is using user-assigned managed identity -> the BlobServiceClient
-    must be created using a ManagedIdentityCredential.
+    must be created using a ManagedIdentityCredential with specified arguments.
     2. The customer is using system based managed identity -> the BlobServiceClient
-    must be created using a DefaultAzureCredential.
+    must be created using a ManagedIdentityCredential with default arguments.
     3. The customer is not using managed identity -> the BlobServiceClient must
     be created using a connection string.
     """
@@ -94,6 +101,6 @@ def service_client_factory(connection: str):
                                      client_id=os.getenv(connection + "__clientId")))
     elif using_system_managed_identity(connection):
         return BlobServiceClient(account_url=connection_string,
-                                 credential=DefaultAzureCredential())
+                                 credential=ManagedIdentityCredential())
     else:
         return BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(connection_string)
diff --git a/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/tests/test_utils.py b/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/tests/test_utils.py
index b867cdf..4cc11ff 100644
--- a/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ def test_blob_service_uri_exists(self):
             result = get_connection_string("MY_CONNECTION")
             self.assertEqual(result, "blob_service_uri_string")
 
+    def test_host_storage_exists(self):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {
+                "AzureWebJobsStorage__accountName": "account_name_string"}):
+            os.environ.pop("AzureWebJobsStorage", None)
+            result = get_connection_string("AzureWebJobsStorage")
+            self.assertEqual(result,
+                             "https://account_name_string.blob.core.windows.net")
+
     def test_connection_string_missing_raises_value_error(self):
         with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as context:
@@ -64,6 +72,12 @@ def test_blob_service_uri_present(self):
             result = using_system_managed_identity("MY_CONNECTION")
             self.assertTrue(result)
 
+    def test_host_storage_present(self):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {"AzureWebJobsStorage__accountName":
+                        "https://example.blob.core.windows.net/"}):
+            result = using_system_managed_identity("AzureWebJobsStorage")
+            self.assertTrue(result)
+
     def test_both_uris_present(self):
         with patch.dict(os.environ, {
             "MY_CONNECTION__serviceUri": "https://example.service.core.windows.net/",