diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index 79bfc39..4efe530 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ function isConnectionError(err: Error): boolean {
       err.statusCode === 403 ||
       err.code === 'CredentialsError' ||
       err.code === 'UnknownEndpoint' ||
-      err.code === 'AWS.SimpleQueueService.NonExistentQueue'
+      err.code === 'AWS.SimpleQueueService.NonExistentQueue' ||
+      err.code === 'CredentialsProviderError'
     );
   }
   return false;
diff --git a/test/tests/consumer.test.ts b/test/tests/consumer.test.ts
index b3e2e8e..99624f2 100644
--- a/test/tests/consumer.test.ts
+++ b/test/tests/consumer.test.ts
@@ -485,6 +485,25 @@ describe('Consumer', () => {
       sandbox.assert.calledWithMatch(sqs.send.secondCall, mockReceiveMessage);
     });
 
+    it('waits before repolling when a CredentialsProviderError error occurs', async () => {
+      const credentialsProviderErr = {
+        name: 'CredentialsProviderError',
+        message: 'Could not load credentials from any providers.'
+      };
+      sqs.send.withArgs(mockReceiveMessage).rejects(credentialsProviderErr);
+      const errorListener = sandbox.stub();
+      consumer.on('error', errorListener);
+
+      consumer.start();
+      await clock.tickAsync(AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_TIMEOUT);
+      consumer.stop();
+
+      sandbox.assert.calledTwice(errorListener);
+      sandbox.assert.calledTwice(sqs.send);
+      sandbox.assert.calledWithMatch(sqs.send.firstCall, mockReceiveMessage);
+      sandbox.assert.calledWithMatch(sqs.send.secondCall, mockReceiveMessage);
+    });
+
     it('waits before repolling when a polling timeout is set', async () => {
       consumer = new Consumer({
         queueUrl: QUEUE_URL,