diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-node/jest.config.integ.js b/packages/credential-provider-node/jest.config.integ.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d09aba7398c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-node/jest.config.integ.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  preset: "ts-jest",
+  testMatch: ["**/*.integ.spec.ts"],
+};
diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-node/package.json b/packages/credential-provider-node/package.json
index 8767a09adaeab..2b7638bfe8517 100644
--- a/packages/credential-provider-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-node/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "build:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.types.json",
     "build:types:downlevel": "downlevel-dts dist-types dist-types/ts3.4",
     "clean": "rimraf ./dist-* && rimraf *.tsbuildinfo",
-    "test": "jest"
+    "test": "jest",
+    "test:integration": "jest -c jest.config.integ.js"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "aws",
diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-node/src/credential-provider-node.integ.spec.ts b/packages/credential-provider-node/src/credential-provider-node.integ.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d66f48e2391d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-node/src/credential-provider-node.integ.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { STS } from "@aws-sdk/client-sts";
+import { HttpResponse } from "@smithy/protocol-http";
+import type { SourceProfileInit } from "@smithy/shared-ini-file-loader";
+import type { HttpRequest, NodeHttpHandlerOptions, ParsedIniData } from "@smithy/types";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+
+let iniProfileData: ParsedIniData = null as any;
+jest.mock("@smithy/shared-ini-file-loader", () => {
+  const smithySharedIniFileLoader = jest.requireActual("@smithy/shared-ini-file-loader");
+  return {
+    ...smithySharedIniFileLoader,
+    parseKnownFiles: async (init: SourceProfileInit): Promise<ParsedIniData> => {
+      return iniProfileData;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+describe("credential-provider-node integration test", () => {
+  let sts: STS = null as any;
+  let processSnapshot: typeof process.env = null as any;
+
+  const RESERVED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = {
+    AWS_REGION: 1,
+    AWS_PROFILE: 1,
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 1,
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 1,
+    AWS_SESSION_TOKEN: 1,
+    AWS_CREDENTIAL_EXPIRATION: 1,
+    AWS_CREDENTIAL_SCOPE: 1,
+    AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED: 1,
+  };
+
+  function copy<T>(data: T): T {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    processSnapshot = copy(process.env);
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    sts = new STS({
+      requestHandler: new (class {
+        async handle(request: HttpRequest, ignored?: any) {
+          const body = new Readable();
+          body.push(`
+<GetCallerIdentityResponse xmlns="https://sts.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-06-15/">
+  <GetCallerIdentityResult>
+  <Arn>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Alice</Arn>
+  <UserId>AIDACKCEVSQ6C2EXAMPLE</UserId>
+  <Account>123456789012</Account>
+  </GetCallerIdentityResult>
+  <ResponseMetadata>
+    <RequestId>01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef</RequestId>
+  </ResponseMetadata>
+</GetCallerIdentityResponse>
+`);
+          body.push(null);
+          return {
+            response: new HttpResponse({
+              statusCode: 200,
+              headers: {},
+              body,
+            }),
+          };
+        }
+        updateHttpClientConfig(key: keyof NodeHttpHandlerOptions, value: NodeHttpHandlerOptions[typeof key]): void {}
+        httpHandlerConfigs(): NodeHttpHandlerOptions {
+          return null as any;
+        }
+      })(),
+    });
+    for (const variable in RESERVED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES) {
+      delete process.env[variable];
+    }
+    iniProfileData = {
+      default: {
+        region: "us-west-2",
+        output: "json",
+      },
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    Object.assign(process.env, processSnapshot);
+    iniProfileData = {
+      default: {
+        region: "us-west-2",
+        output: "json",
+      },
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    jest.clearAllTimers();
+  });
+
+  describe("fromEnv", () => {
+    it("should load static credentials from environment variables", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should optionally use session token, expiration, and credential scope", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("fromSSO", () => {
+    it("should resolve SSO credentials if the profile is an SSO profile", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("fromIni", () => {
+    it("should resolve static credentials if directly present in config profile", async () => {
+      Object.assign(iniProfileData.default, {
+        aws_access_key_id: "INI_STATIC_ACCESS_KEY",
+        aws_secret_access_key: "INI_STATIC_SECRET_KEY",
+      });
+      await sts.getCallerIdentity({});
+      const credentials = await sts.config.credentials();
+      expect(credentials).toEqual({
+        accessKeyId: "INI_STATIC_ACCESS_KEY",
+        secretAccessKey: "INI_STATIC_SECRET_KEY",
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should resolve assumeRole credentials", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should prefer static credentials over role assumption metadata only if the profile is not the first one visited", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should resolve credentials from STS assumeRoleWithWebIdentity if the ini profile is configured for web identity", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should resolve credentials from STS assumeRoleWithWebIdentity if the ini profile is configured for web identity and the client region is not the default AWS partition", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should resolve process credentials if the profile is a process profile", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should resolve SSO credentials if the profile is an SSO profile", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("fromProcess", () => {
+    it("should resolve process credentials if the profile is a process profile", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("fromTokenFile", () => {
+    it("should resolve credentials with STS assumeRoleWithWebIdentity using a token", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("remoteProvider", () => {
+    it("should use container metadata if AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_FULL_URI is set", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+
+    it("should use instance metadata unless IMDS is disabled", async () => {
+      // TODO
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("No credentials available", () => {
+    it("should throw CredentialsProviderError", async () => {
+      process.env.AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED = "true";
+      expect(async () => sts.getCallerIdentity({})).rejects.toThrow("Could not load credentials from any providers");
+    });
+  });
+});