diff --git a/src/IamAwsProvider.ts b/src/IamAwsProvider.ts
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+++ b/src/IamAwsProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises'
+import * as http from 'node:http'
+import * as https from 'node:https'
+import { URL, URLSearchParams } from 'node:url'
+
+import { CredentialProvider } from './CredentialProvider.ts'
+import { Credentials } from './Credentials.ts'
+import { parseXml } from './internal/helper.ts'
+import { request } from './internal/request.ts'
+import { readAsString } from './internal/response.ts'
+
+interface AssumeRoleResponse {
+  AssumeRoleWithWebIdentityResponse: {
+    AssumeRoleWithWebIdentityResult: {
+      Credentials: {
+        AccessKeyId: string
+        SecretAccessKey: string
+        SessionToken: string
+        Expiration: string
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+interface EcsCredentials {
+  AccessKeyID: string
+  SecretAccessKey: string
+  Token: string
+  Expiration: string
+  Code: string
+  Message: string
+}
+
+export interface IamAwsProviderOptions {
+  customEndpoint?: string
+  transportAgent?: http.Agent
+}
+
+export class IamAwsProvider extends CredentialProvider {
+  private readonly customEndpoint?: string
+
+  private _credentials: Credentials | null
+  private readonly transportAgent?: http.Agent
+  private accessExpiresAt = ''
+
+  constructor({ customEndpoint = undefined, transportAgent = undefined }: IamAwsProviderOptions) {
+    super({ accessKey: '', secretKey: '' })
+
+    this.customEndpoint = customEndpoint
+    this.transportAgent = transportAgent
+
+    /**
+     * Internal Tracking variables
+     */
+    this._credentials = null
+  }
+
+  async getCredentials(): Promise<Credentials> {
+    if (!this._credentials || this.isAboutToExpire()) {
+      this._credentials = await this.fetchCredentials()
+    }
+    return this._credentials
+  }
+
+  private async fetchCredentials(): Promise<Credentials> {
+    try {
+      // check for IRSA (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/iam-roles-for-service-accounts.html)
+      const tokenFile = process.env.AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE
+      if (tokenFile) {
+        return await this.fetchCredentialsUsingTokenFile(tokenFile)
+      }
+
+      // try with IAM role for EC2 instances (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html)
+      let tokenHeader = 'Authorization'
+      let token = process.env.AWS_CONTAINER_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN
+      const relativeUri = process.env.AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI
+      const fullUri = process.env.AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_FULL_URI
+      let url: URL
+      if (relativeUri) {
+        url = new URL(relativeUri, 'http://169.254.170.2')
+      } else if (fullUri) {
+        url = new URL(fullUri)
+      } else {
+        token = await this.fetchImdsToken()
+        tokenHeader = 'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token'
+        url = await this.getIamRoleNamedUrl(token)
+      }
+
+      return this.requestCredentials(url, tokenHeader, token)
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to get Credentials: ${err}`, { cause: err })
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async fetchCredentialsUsingTokenFile(tokenFile: string): Promise<Credentials> {
+    const token = await fs.readFile(tokenFile, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    const region = process.env.AWS_REGION
+    const stsEndpoint = new URL(region ? `https://sts.${region}.amazonaws.com` : 'https://sts.amazonaws.com')
+
+    const hostValue = stsEndpoint.hostname
+    const portValue = stsEndpoint.port
+    const qryParams = new URLSearchParams({
+      Action: 'AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity',
+      Version: '2011-06-15',
+    })
+
+    const roleArn = process.env.AWS_ROLE_ARN
+    if (roleArn) {
+      qryParams.set('RoleArn', roleArn)
+      const roleSessionName = process.env.AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME
+      qryParams.set('RoleSessionName', roleSessionName ? roleSessionName : Date.now().toString())
+    }
+
+    qryParams.set('WebIdentityToken', token)
+    qryParams.sort()
+
+    const requestOptions = {
+      hostname: hostValue,
+      port: portValue,
+      path: `${stsEndpoint.pathname}?${qryParams.toString()}`,
+      protocol: stsEndpoint.protocol,
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {},
+      agent: this.transportAgent,
+    } satisfies http.RequestOptions
+
+    const transport = stsEndpoint.protocol === 'http:' ? http : https
+    const res = await request(transport, requestOptions, null)
+    const body = await readAsString(res)
+
+    const assumeRoleResponse: AssumeRoleResponse = parseXml(body)
+    const creds = assumeRoleResponse.AssumeRoleWithWebIdentityResponse.AssumeRoleWithWebIdentityResult.Credentials
+    this.accessExpiresAt = creds.Expiration
+    return new Credentials({
+      accessKey: creds.AccessKeyId,
+      secretKey: creds.SecretAccessKey,
+      sessionToken: creds.SessionToken,
+    })
+  }
+
+  private async fetchImdsToken() {
+    const endpoint = this.customEndpoint ? this.customEndpoint : 'http://169.254.169.254'
+    const url = new URL('/latest/api/token', endpoint)
+
+    const requestOptions = {
+      hostname: url.hostname,
+      port: url.port,
+      path: `${url.pathname}${url.search}`,
+      protocol: url.protocol,
+      method: 'PUT',
+      headers: {
+        'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds': '21600',
+      },
+      agent: this.transportAgent,
+    } satisfies http.RequestOptions
+
+    const transport = url.protocol === 'http:' ? http : https
+    const res = await request(transport, requestOptions, null)
+    return await readAsString(res)
+  }
+
+  private async getIamRoleNamedUrl(token: string) {
+    const endpoint = this.customEndpoint ? this.customEndpoint : 'http://169.254.169.254'
+    const url = new URL('latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/', endpoint)
+
+    const roleName = await this.getIamRoleName(url, token)
+    return new URL(`${url.pathname}/${encodeURIComponent(roleName)}`, url.origin)
+  }
+
+  private async getIamRoleName(url: URL, token: string): Promise<string> {
+    const requestOptions = {
+      hostname: url.hostname,
+      port: url.port,
+      path: `${url.pathname}${url.search}`,
+      protocol: url.protocol,
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token': token,
+      },
+      agent: this.transportAgent,
+    } satisfies http.RequestOptions
+
+    const transport = url.protocol === 'http:' ? http : https
+    const res = await request(transport, requestOptions, null)
+    const body = await readAsString(res)
+    const roleNames = body.split(/\r\n|[\n\r\u2028\u2029]/)
+    if (roleNames.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`No IAM roles attached to EC2 service ${url}`)
+    }
+    return roleNames[0] as string
+  }
+
+  private async requestCredentials(url: URL, tokenHeader: string, token: string | undefined): Promise<Credentials> {
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {}
+    if (token) {
+      headers[tokenHeader] = token
+    }
+    const requestOptions = {
+      hostname: url.hostname,
+      port: url.port,
+      path: `${url.pathname}${url.search}`,
+      protocol: url.protocol,
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: headers,
+      agent: this.transportAgent,
+    } satisfies http.RequestOptions
+
+    const transport = url.protocol === 'http:' ? http : https
+    const res = await request(transport, requestOptions, null)
+    const body = await readAsString(res)
+    const ecsCredentials = JSON.parse(body) as EcsCredentials
+    if (!ecsCredentials.Code || ecsCredentials.Code != 'Success') {
+      throw new Error(`${url} failed with code ${ecsCredentials.Code} and message ${ecsCredentials.Message}`)
+    }
+
+    this.accessExpiresAt = ecsCredentials.Expiration
+    return new Credentials({
+      accessKey: ecsCredentials.AccessKeyID,
+      secretKey: ecsCredentials.SecretAccessKey,
+      sessionToken: ecsCredentials.Token,
+    })
+  }
+
+  private isAboutToExpire() {
+    const expiresAt = new Date(this.accessExpiresAt)
+    const provisionalExpiry = new Date(Date.now() + 1000 * 10) // 10 seconds leeway
+    return provisionalExpiry > expiresAt
+  }
+}
+
+// deprecated default export, please use named exports.
+// keep for backward compatibility.
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
+export default IamAwsProvider
diff --git a/src/internal/client.ts b/src/internal/client.ts
index 26a0eceb..b8df18b5 100644
--- a/src/internal/client.ts
+++ b/src/internal/client.ts
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ const requestOptionProperties = [
 
 export interface ClientOptions {
   endPoint: string
-  accessKey: string
-  secretKey: string
+  accessKey?: string
+  secretKey?: string
   useSSL?: boolean
   port?: number
   region?: Region
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ export class TypedClient {
     this.anonymous = !this.accessKey || !this.secretKey
 
     if (params.credentialsProvider) {
+      this.anonymous = false
       this.credentialsProvider = params.credentialsProvider
     }