There are prepared azido groups containing organosilicon compounds of the formula ##EQU1## where R is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which is free from ethylenically unsaturated bonds and whose carbon chain in a given case, is interrupted once by --O--, --S--, or --NR.sup.3 where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, or phenyl,R.sup.1 is a univalent alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl, or tolyl,R.sup.2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl, or an alkoxyalkyl group having a total of up to four carbon atoms,m is zero, 1, 2, or 3, andn is zero, 1 or 2 whereby m