diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 9f74895a45..1f26076137 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,36 @@ before trying out the examples.
 
 </details>
 
+- <details>
+  <summary>Retrying</summary>
+
+  The [retrying example](src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying) provides a HelloWorld GRPC client & 
+  server which demos the effect of client retry policy configured on the [ManagedChannel](
+  ../api/src/main/java/io/grpc/ManagedChannel.java) via [GRPC ServiceConfig](
+  https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/service_config.md). Retry policy implementation & 
+  configuration details are outlined in the [proposal](https://github.com/grpc/proposal/blob/master/A6-client-retries.md).
+   
+  This retrying example is very similar to the [hedging example](src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/hedging) in its setup. 
+  The [RetryingHelloWorldServer](src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldServer.java) responds with
+  a status UNAVAILABLE error response to a specified percentage of requests to simulate server resource exhaustion and 
+  general flakiness. The [RetryingHelloWorldClient](src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldClient.java) makes 
+  a number of sequential requests to the server, several of which will be retried depending on the configured policy in 
+  [retrying_service_config.json](src/main/resources/io/grpc/examples/retrying/retrying_service_config.json). Although 
+  the requests are blocking unary calls for simplicity, these could easily be changed to future unary calls in order to 
+  test the result of request concurrency with retry policy enabled.
+  
+  One can experiment with the [RetryingHelloWorldServer](src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldServer.java)
+  failure conditions to simulate server throttling, as well as alter policy values in the [retrying_service_config.json](
+  src/main/resources/io/grpc/examples/retrying/retrying_service_config.json) to see their effects. To disable retrying 
+  entirely, set environment variable `DISABLE_RETRYING_IN_RETRYING_EXAMPLE=true` before running the client. 
+  Disabling the retry policy should produce many more failed GRPC calls as seen in the output log.
+  
+  See [the section below](#to-build-the-examples) for how to build and run the example. The
+  executables for the server and the client are `retrying-hello-world-server` and
+  `retrying-hello-world-client`.
+  
+</details>
+
 ### <a name="to-build-the-examples"></a> To build the examples
 
 1. **[Install gRPC Java library SNAPSHOT locally, including code generation plugin](../COMPILING.md) (Only need this step for non-released versions, e.g. master HEAD).**
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 9af9adb28b..2a064516a2 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ task helloWorldClient(type: CreateStartScripts) {
     classpath = startScripts.classpath
 }
 
+task retryingHelloWorldServer(type: CreateStartScripts) {
+    mainClassName = 'io.grpc.examples.retrying.RetryingHelloWorldServer'
+    applicationName = 'retrying-hello-world-server'
+    outputDir = new File(project.buildDir, 'tmp')
+    classpath = startScripts.classpath
+}
+
+task retryingHelloWorldClient(type: CreateStartScripts) {
+    mainClassName = 'io.grpc.examples.retrying.RetryingHelloWorldClient'
+    applicationName = 'retrying-hello-world-client'
+    outputDir = new File(project.buildDir, 'tmp')
+    classpath = startScripts.classpath
+}
+
 task hedgingHelloWorldServer(type: CreateStartScripts) {
     mainClassName = 'io.grpc.examples.hedging.HedgingHelloWorldServer'
     applicationName = 'hedging-hello-world-server'
@@ -119,6 +133,8 @@ applicationDistribution.into('bin') {
     from(helloWorldClient)
     from(hedgingHelloWorldClient)
     from(hedgingHelloWorldServer)
+    from(retryingHelloWorldClient)
+    from(retryingHelloWorldServer)
     from(compressingHelloWorldClient)
     fileMode = 0755
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldClient.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73f5d69802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The gRPC Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.grpc.examples.retrying;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.GreeterGrpc;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.HelloReply;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.HelloRequest;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * A client that requests a greeting from the {@link RetryingHelloWorldServer} with a retrying policy.
+ */
+public class RetryingHelloWorldClient {
+  static final String ENV_DISABLE_RETRYING = "DISABLE_RETRYING_IN_RETRYING_EXAMPLE";
+
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RetryingHelloWorldClient.class.getName());
+
+  private final boolean enableRetries;
+  private final ManagedChannel channel;
+  private final GreeterGrpc.GreeterBlockingStub blockingStub;
+  private final AtomicInteger totalRpcs = new AtomicInteger();
+  private final AtomicInteger failedRpcs = new AtomicInteger();
+
+  protected Map<String, ?> getRetryingServiceConfig() {
+    return new Gson()
+        .fromJson(
+            new JsonReader(
+                new InputStreamReader(
+                    RetryingHelloWorldClient.class.getResourceAsStream(
+                        "retrying_service_config.json"),
+                    UTF_8)),
+            Map.class);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct client connecting to HelloWorld server at {@code host:port}.
+   */
+  public RetryingHelloWorldClient(String host, int port, boolean enableRetries) {
+
+    ManagedChannelBuilder<?> channelBuilder = ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(host, port)
+        // Channels are secure by default (via SSL/TLS). For the example we disable TLS to avoid
+        // needing certificates.
+        .usePlaintext();
+    if (enableRetries) {
+      Map<String, ?> serviceConfig = getRetryingServiceConfig();
+      logger.info("Client started with retrying configuration: " + serviceConfig.toString());
+      channelBuilder.defaultServiceConfig(serviceConfig).enableRetry();
+    }
+    channel = channelBuilder.build();
+    blockingStub = GreeterGrpc.newBlockingStub(channel);
+    this.enableRetries = enableRetries;
+  }
+
+  public void shutdown() throws InterruptedException {
+    channel.shutdown().awaitTermination(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Say hello to server in a blocking unary call.
+   */
+  public void greet(String name) {
+    HelloRequest request = HelloRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).build();
+    HelloReply response = null;
+    StatusRuntimeException statusRuntimeException = null;
+    try {
+      response = blockingStub.sayHello(request);
+    } catch (StatusRuntimeException e) {
+      failedRpcs.incrementAndGet();
+      statusRuntimeException = e;
+    }
+
+    totalRpcs.incrementAndGet();
+
+    if (statusRuntimeException == null) {
+      logger.log(Level.INFO,"Greeting: {0}", new Object[]{response.getMessage()});
+    } else {
+      logger.log(Level.INFO,"RPC failed: {0}", new Object[]{statusRuntimeException.getStatus()});
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void printSummary() {
+    logger.log(
+        Level.INFO,
+        "\n\nTotal RPCs sent: {0}. Total RPCs failed: {1}\n",
+        new Object[]{
+            totalRpcs.get(), failedRpcs.get()});
+
+    if (enableRetries) {
+      logger.log(
+          Level.INFO,
+          "Retrying enabled. To disable retries, run the client with environment variable {0}=true.",
+          ENV_DISABLE_RETRYING);
+    } else {
+      logger.log(
+          Level.INFO,
+          "Retrying disabled. To enable retries, unset environment variable {0} and then run the client.",
+          ENV_DISABLE_RETRYING);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    boolean enableRetries = !Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv(ENV_DISABLE_RETRYING));
+    final RetryingHelloWorldClient client = new RetryingHelloWorldClient("localhost", 50051, enableRetries);
+    ForkJoinPool executor = new ForkJoinPool();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+      final String userId = "user" + i;
+      executor.execute(
+          new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+              client.greet(userId);
+            }
+          });
+    }
+    executor.awaitQuiescence(100, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    executor.shutdown();
+    client.printSummary();
+    client.shutdown();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldServer.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37c48e0d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/grpc/examples/retrying/RetryingHelloWorldServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The gRPC Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.grpc.examples.retrying;
+
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import io.grpc.Server;
+import io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
+import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.GreeterGrpc;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.HelloReply;
+import io.grpc.examples.helloworld.HelloRequest;
+import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * A HelloWorld server that responds to requests with UNAVAILABLE with a given percentage.
+ */
+public class RetryingHelloWorldServer {
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RetryingHelloWorldServer.class.getName());
+  private static final float unavailablePercentage = 0.5F;
+  private static Random random = new Random();
+
+  private Server server;
+
+  private void start() throws IOException {
+    /* The port on which the server should run */
+    int port = 50051;
+    server = ServerBuilder.forPort(port)
+        .addService(new GreeterImpl())
+        .build()
+        .start();
+    logger.info("Server started, listening on " + port);
+
+    DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#%");
+    logger.info("Responding as UNAVAILABLE to " + df.format(unavailablePercentage) + " requests");
+    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        // Use stderr here since the logger may have been reset by its JVM shutdown hook.
+        System.err.println("*** shutting down gRPC server since JVM is shutting down");
+        try {
+          RetryingHelloWorldServer.this.stop();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+          e.printStackTrace(System.err);
+        }
+        System.err.println("*** server shut down");
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private void stop() throws InterruptedException {
+    if (server != null) {
+      server.shutdown().awaitTermination(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Await termination on the main thread since the grpc library uses daemon threads.
+   */
+  private void blockUntilShutdown() throws InterruptedException {
+    if (server != null) {
+      server.awaitTermination();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Main launches the server from the command line.
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    final RetryingHelloWorldServer server = new RetryingHelloWorldServer();
+    server.start();
+    server.blockUntilShutdown();
+  }
+
+  static class GreeterImpl extends GreeterGrpc.GreeterImplBase {
+    AtomicInteger retryCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+    @Override
+    public void sayHello(HelloRequest request, StreamObserver<HelloReply> responseObserver) {
+      int count = retryCounter.incrementAndGet();
+      if (random.nextFloat() < unavailablePercentage) {
+        logger.info("Returning stubbed UNAVAILABLE error. count: " + count);
+        responseObserver.onError(Status.UNAVAILABLE
+            .withDescription("Greeter temporarily unavailable...").asRuntimeException());
+      } else {
+        logger.info("Returning successful Hello response, count: " + count);
+        HelloReply reply = HelloReply.newBuilder().setMessage("Hello " + request.getName()).build();
+        responseObserver.onNext(reply);
+        responseObserver.onCompleted();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/src/main/resources/io/grpc/examples/retrying/retrying_service_config.json b/examples/src/main/resources/io/grpc/examples/retrying/retrying_service_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff115a9ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/resources/io/grpc/examples/retrying/retrying_service_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "methodConfig": [
+    {
+      "name": [
+        {
+          "service": "helloworld.Greeter",
+          "method": "SayHello"
+        }
+      ],
+
+      "retryPolicy": {
+        "maxAttempts": 5,
+        "initialBackoff": "0.5s",
+        "maxBackoff": "30s",
+        "backoffMultiplier": 2,
+        "retryableStatusCodes": [
+          "UNAVAILABLE"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}