diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
index 10120ddc46..dd90eb2109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').saveCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}'))"
 
-    - name: Restore cache using restoreCache()
+    - name: Restore cache using restoreCache() with http-client
+      env:
+        DISABLE_AZCOPY: true
+      run: |
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').restoreCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}'))"
+
+    - name: Restore cache using restoreCache() with AzCopy
       run: |
         node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').restoreCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}'))"
 
diff --git a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
index 0e623d9e4c..b191601399 100644
--- a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
+++ b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
 - Fixes issues with the zstd compression algorithm on Windows and Ubuntu 16.04 [#469](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/469)
 
 ### 0.2.1
-- Fix to await async function getCompressionMethod
\ No newline at end of file
+- Fix to await async function getCompressionMethod
+
+### 0.3.0
+- Downloads Azure-hosted caches using AzCopy when available
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/cache/package.json b/packages/cache/package.json
index 6e0a31818d..24147547ad 100644
--- a/packages/cache/package.json
+++ b/packages/cache/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/cache",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "preview": true,
   "description": "Actions cache lib",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
index 21af8031d0..da4954be5a 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
 import {HttpClient, HttpCodes} from '@actions/http-client'
 import {BearerCredentialHandler} from '@actions/http-client/auth'
 import {
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import * as crypto from 'crypto'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as stream from 'stream'
+import {URL} from 'url'
 import * as util from 'util'
 
 import * as utils from './cacheUtils'
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ async function pipeResponseToStream(
   await pipeline(response.message, output)
 }
 
-export async function downloadCache(
+async function downloadCacheHttpClient(
   archiveLocation: string,
   archivePath: string
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -256,6 +258,31 @@ export async function downloadCache(
   }
 }
 
+export async function downloadCache(
+  archiveLocation: string,
+  archivePath: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  const archiveUrl = new URL(archiveLocation)
+  const disableAzCopy = process.env['DISABLE_AZCOPY'] ?? ''
+
+  // Use AzCopy to download caches hosted on Azure to improve speed and reliability.
+  if (
+    archiveUrl.hostname.endsWith('.blob.core.windows.net') &&
+    disableAzCopy !== 'true'
+  ) {
+    const command = await utils.getAzCopyCommand()
+
+    if (command) {
+      core.info(`Downloading cache using ${command}...`)
+      await exec(command, ['copy', archiveLocation, archivePath])
+      return
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise, download using the Actions http-client.
+  await downloadCacheHttpClient(archiveLocation, archivePath)
+}
+
 // Reserve Cache
 export async function reserveCache(
   key: string,
@@ -360,7 +387,7 @@ async function uploadFile(
                 })
                 .on('error', error => {
                   throw new Error(
-                    `Cache upload failed because file read failed with ${error.Message}`
+                    `Cache upload failed because file read failed with ${error.message}`
                   )
                 }),
             start,
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts
index b279369514..2a1a6e3c64 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts
@@ -113,3 +113,28 @@ export async function isGnuTarInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
   const versionOutput = await getVersion('tar')
   return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar')
 }
+
+export async function getAzCopyCommand(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  // Always prefer the azcopy10 alias first, which is the correct version on Ubuntu.
+  let versionOutput = await getVersion('azcopy10')
+
+  if (versionOutput.toLowerCase().startsWith('azcopy version')) {
+    return 'azcopy10'
+  }
+
+  // Fall back to any azcopy that is version 10 or newer.
+  versionOutput = await getVersion('azcopy')
+
+  if (versionOutput.toLowerCase().startsWith('azcopy version')) {
+    const version = versionOutput.substring(15)
+
+    if (semver.gte(version, '10.0.0')) {
+      return 'azcopy'
+    } else {
+      core.debug(`Found azcopy but version is not supported: ${version}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise, azcopy is not available.
+  return undefined
+}