diff --git a/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/Cargo.toml b/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/Cargo.toml
index 70c56c1fc1c..da5e527a895 100644
--- a/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = [
   "John DiSanti <jdisanti@amazon.com>",
   "Doug Schwartz <dougsch@amazon.com>",
+  "David Souther <dpsouth@amazon.com>"
 ]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 aws-config = { git = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust", branch = "next" }
+aws-credential-types = { git = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust", branch = "next" }
 aws-sdk-s3 = { git = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust", branch = "next" }
 tokio = { version = "1.20.1", features = ["full"] }
 clap = { version = "~4.4", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/src/bin/no_env.rs b/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/src/bin/no_env.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..134a9478c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust_dev_preview/examples/sdk-config/src/bin/no_env.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0.
+ */
+#![allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
+
+// File overview: This example shows how to create an SdkConfig without using the
+// default AWS environment configuration.
+
+use aws_config::meta::region::RegionProviderChain;
+use aws_credential_types::provider::{ProvideCredentials, SharedCredentialsProvider};
+use aws_sdk_s3::config::retry::RetryConfig;
+use aws_sdk_s3::config::Credentials;
+use aws_sdk_s3::{config::Region, meta::PKG_VERSION, Client, Error};
+use clap::Parser;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct Opt {
+    /// The AWS Region.
+    #[structopt(short, long)]
+    region: Option<String>,
+
+    /// The number of (re)tries.
+    #[structopt(short, long, default_value = "2")]
+    tries: u32,
+
+    /// Whether to display additional information.
+    #[structopt(short, long)]
+    verbose: bool,
+}
+
+// Shows your buckets.
+async fn show_num_buckets(client: &Client) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let resp = client.list_buckets().send().await?;
+    let buckets = resp.buckets();
+
+    println!("Found {} buckets in all regions.", buckets.len());
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// A Credentials provider that uses non-standard environment variables `MY_ID`
+/// and `MY_KEY` instead of `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`. This
+/// could alternatively load credentials from another secure source of environment
+/// secrets, if traditional AWS SDK for Rust credentials providers do not suit
+/// your use case.
+///
+/// WARNING: This example is for demonstration purposes only. Your code should always
+/// load credentials in a secure fashion.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct StaticCredentials {
+    access_key_id: String,
+    secret_access_key: String,
+}
+
+impl StaticCredentials {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let access_key_id = std::env::var("MY_ID").expect("access key id");
+        let secret_access_key = std::env::var("MY_KEY").expect("secret access key");
+        Self {
+            access_key_id: access_key_id.trim().to_string(),
+            secret_access_key: secret_access_key.trim().to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn load_credentials(&self) -> aws_credential_types::provider::Result {
+        Ok(Credentials::new(
+            self.access_key_id.clone(),
+            self.secret_access_key.clone(),
+            None,
+            None,
+            "StaticCredentials",
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ProvideCredentials for StaticCredentials {
+    fn provide_credentials<'a>(
+        &'a self,
+    ) -> aws_credential_types::provider::future::ProvideCredentials<'a>
+    where
+        Self: 'a,
+    {
+        aws_credential_types::provider::future::ProvideCredentials::new(self.load_credentials())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Displays how many Amazon S3 buckets you have.
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `[-r REGION]` - The Region in which the client is created.
+///   If not supplied, uses the value of the **AWS_REGION** environment variable.
+///   If the environment variable is not set, defaults to **us-west-2**.
+/// * `[-t TRIES]` - The number of times to (re)try the request.
+/// * `[-v]` - Whether to display additional information.
+///
+/// # Environment
+///
+/// * MY_ID - an AWS IAM Access Key ID to use for this request.
+/// * MY_KEY - an AWS IAM Secret Access Key to use for this request.
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    let Opt {
+        region,
+        tries,
+        verbose,
+    } = Opt::parse();
+
+    let region = RegionProviderChain::first_try(region.map(Region::new))
+        .or_else(Region::new("us-west-2"))
+        .region()
+        .await
+        .expect("parsed region");
+    println!();
+
+    if verbose {
+        println!("S3 client version: {PKG_VERSION}");
+        println!("Region:            {region}");
+        println!("Retries:           {tries}");
+        println!();
+    }
+
+    assert_ne!(tries, 0, "You cannot set zero retries.");
+
+    let shared_config = aws_config::SdkConfig::builder()
+        .region(region)
+        .credentials_provider(SharedCredentialsProvider::new(StaticCredentials::new()))
+        // Set max attempts.
+        // If tries is 1, there are no retries.
+        .retry_config(RetryConfig::standard().with_max_attempts(tries))
+        .build();
+
+    // Construct an S3 client with customized retry configuration.
+    let client = Client::new(&shared_config);
+
+    show_num_buckets(&client).await
+}