diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 807cb41..6cfc27b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/planetary_computer/__init__.py b/planetary_computer/__init__.py
index 6088948..fc2990b 100644
--- a/planetary_computer/__init__.py
+++ b/planetary_computer/__init__.py
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 )
 from planetary_computer.settings import set_subscription_key
 from planetary_computer._adlfs import get_adlfs_filesystem, get_container_client
+from planetary_computer._obstore import get_obstore
 
 from planetary_computer.version import __version__
 
 __all__ = [
     "get_adlfs_filesystem",
     "get_container_client",
+    "get_obstore",
     "set_subscription_key",
     "sign_asset",
     "sign_assets",
diff --git a/planetary_computer/_obstore.py b/planetary_computer/_obstore.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0d9613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetary_computer/_obstore.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from planetary_computer.sas import get_token
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import sys
+
+    from obstore.store import (
+        AzureConfig,
+        AzureCredentialProvider,
+        AzureSASToken,
+        AzureStore,
+        ClientConfig,
+        RetryConfig,
+    )
+
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        from typing import Unpack
+    else:
+        from typing_extensions import Unpack
+
+
+def get_obstore(  # type: ignore[misc] # overlap with kwargs
+    account_name: str,
+    container_name: str,
+    *,
+    prefix: str | None = None,
+    config: AzureConfig | None = None,
+    client_options: ClientConfig | None = None,
+    retry_config: RetryConfig | None = None,
+    credential_provider: AzureCredentialProvider | None = None,
+    **kwargs: Unpack[AzureConfig],  # type: ignore # noqa
+) -> AzureStore:
+    try:
+        import obstore
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "'planetary_computer.get_obstore_store' requires "
+            "the optional dependency 'obstore'."
+        ) from e
+
+    def default_credential_provider() -> AzureSASToken:
+        token = get_token(account_name, container_name)
+        return {
+            "sas_token": token.token,
+            "expires_at": token.expiry,
+        }
+
+    credential_provider = credential_provider or default_credential_provider
+
+    return obstore.store.AzureStore(
+        account_name=account_name,
+        container_name=container_name,
+        prefix=prefix,
+        config=config,
+        client_options=client_options,
+        retry_config=retry_config,
+        credential_provider=credential_provider,
+        **kwargs,  # type: ignore # (container_name key overlaps with positional arg)
+    )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2bbc21..eb99ff0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "planetary-computer"
 authors = [{name = "microsoft", email = "planetarycomputer@microsoft.com"}]
 description = "Planetary Computer SDK for Python"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "click>=7.1",
     "pydantic>=1.7.3",
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest",
     "responses",
 ]
+obstore = ["obstore"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 planetarycomputer = "planetary_computer.scripts.cli:app"
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@ planetarycomputer = "planetary_computer.scripts.cli:app"
 include-package-data = false
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "planetary_computer.version.__version__"}
\ No newline at end of file
+version = {attr = "planetary_computer.version.__version__"}
diff --git a/scripts/cibuild b/scripts/cibuild
index bd40609..e77ffc3 100755
--- a/scripts/cibuild
+++ b/scripts/cibuild
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
     else
         # Install/upgrade dependencies
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .[adlfs,azure,dev]
+        pip install -e .[adlfs,azure,dev,obstore]
 
         ./scripts/test
     fi