diff --git a/PACKAGE-COMPARISON.md b/PACKAGE-COMPARISON.md
index 6d748e65..8a62c914 100644
--- a/PACKAGE-COMPARISON.md
+++ b/PACKAGE-COMPARISON.md
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ In addition, all channel arguments defined in [this header file](https://github.
  - `grpc.default_authority`
  - `grpc.keepalive_time_ms`
  - `grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms`
+ - `grpc.service_config`
  - `channelOverride`
  - `channelFactoryOverride`
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/channel-options.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/channel-options.ts
index b7145970..ad905b9f 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/channel-options.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/channel-options.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface ChannelOptions {
   'grpc.default_authority'?: string;
   'grpc.keepalive_time_ms'?: number;
   'grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms'?: number;
+  'grpc.service_config'?: string;
   [key: string]: string | number | undefined;
 }
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export const recognizedOptions = {
   'grpc.default_authority': true,
   'grpc.keepalive_time_ms': true,
   'grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms': true,
+  'grpc.service_config': true,
 };
 
 export function channelOptionsEqual(
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/channel.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/channel.ts
index b2fdb654..c06c3978 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/channel.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/channel.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { MetadataStatusFilterFactory } from './metadata-status-filter';
 import { CompressionFilterFactory } from './compression-filter';
 import { getDefaultAuthority } from './resolver';
 import { LoadBalancingConfig } from './load-balancing-config';
-import { ServiceConfig } from './service-config';
+import { ServiceConfig, validateServiceConfig } from './service-config';
 
 export enum ConnectivityState {
   CONNECTING,
@@ -159,10 +159,13 @@ export class ChannelImplementation implements Channel {
       },
     };
     // TODO(murgatroid99): check channel arg for default service config
-    const defaultServiceConfig: ServiceConfig = {
+    let defaultServiceConfig: ServiceConfig = {
       loadBalancingConfig: [],
       methodConfig: [],
     };
+    if (options['grpc.service_config']) {
+      defaultServiceConfig = validateServiceConfig(JSON.parse(options['grpc.service_config']!));
+    }
     this.resolvingLoadBalancer = new ResolvingLoadBalancer(
       target,
       channelControlHelper,
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-round-robin.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-round-robin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72af705d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-round-robin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+import {
+  LoadBalancer,
+  ChannelControlHelper,
+  registerLoadBalancerType,
+} from './load-balancer';
+import { ConnectivityState } from './channel';
+import {
+  QueuePicker,
+  Picker,
+  PickArgs,
+  CompletePickResult,
+  PickResultType,
+  UnavailablePicker,
+} from './picker';
+import { LoadBalancingConfig } from './load-balancing-config';
+import { Subchannel, ConnectivityStateListener } from './subchannel';
+
+const TYPE_NAME = 'round_robin';
+
+class RoundRobinPicker implements Picker {
+  constructor(private readonly subchannelList: Subchannel[], private nextIndex = 0) {}
+
+  pick(pickArgs: PickArgs): CompletePickResult {
+    const pickedSubchannel = this.subchannelList[this.nextIndex];
+    this.nextIndex = (this.nextIndex + 1) % this.subchannelList.length;
+    return {
+      pickResultType: PickResultType.COMPLETE,
+      subchannel: pickedSubchannel,
+      status: null
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check what the next subchannel returned would be. Used by the load
+   * balancer implementation to preserve this part of the picker state if
+   * possible when a subchannel connects or disconnects.
+   */
+  peekNextSubchannel(): Subchannel {
+    return this.subchannelList[this.nextIndex];
+  }
+}
+
+interface ConnectivityStateCounts {
+  [ConnectivityState.CONNECTING]: number,
+  [ConnectivityState.IDLE]: number,
+  [ConnectivityState.READY]: number,
+  [ConnectivityState.SHUTDOWN]: number,
+  [ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE]: number
+}
+
+export class RoundRobinLoadBalancer implements LoadBalancer {
+
+  private subchannels: Subchannel[] = [];
+
+  private currentState: ConnectivityState = ConnectivityState.IDLE;
+
+  private subchannelStateListener: ConnectivityStateListener;
+
+  private subchannelStateCounts: ConnectivityStateCounts;
+
+  private currentReadyPicker: RoundRobinPicker | null = null;
+
+  constructor(private channelControlHelper: ChannelControlHelper) {
+    this.updateState(ConnectivityState.IDLE, new QueuePicker(this));
+    this.subchannelStateCounts = {
+      [ConnectivityState.CONNECTING]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.IDLE]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.READY]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.SHUTDOWN]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE]: 0
+    };
+    this.subchannelStateListener = (
+      subchannel: Subchannel,
+      previousState: ConnectivityState,
+      newState: ConnectivityState
+    ) => {
+      this.subchannelStateCounts[previousState] -= 1;
+      this.subchannelStateCounts[newState] += 1;
+      this.calculateAndUpdateState();
+
+      if (newState === ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE) {
+        this.channelControlHelper.requestReresolution();
+      }
+      if (newState === ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE || newState === ConnectivityState.IDLE) {
+        subchannel.startConnecting();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private calculateAndUpdateState() {
+    if (this.subchannelStateCounts[ConnectivityState.READY] > 0) {
+      const readySubchannels = this.subchannels.filter(subchannel => subchannel.getConnectivityState() === ConnectivityState.READY);
+      let index: number = 0;
+      if (this.currentReadyPicker !== null) {
+        index = readySubchannels.indexOf(this.currentReadyPicker.peekNextSubchannel());
+        if (index < 0) {
+          index = 0;
+        }
+      }
+      this.updateState(ConnectivityState.READY, new RoundRobinPicker(readySubchannels, index));
+    } else if (this.subchannelStateCounts[ConnectivityState.CONNECTING] > 0) {
+      this.updateState(ConnectivityState.CONNECTING, new QueuePicker(this));
+    } else if (this.subchannelStateCounts[ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE] > 0) {
+      this.updateState(ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE, new UnavailablePicker());
+    } else {
+      this.updateState(ConnectivityState.IDLE, new QueuePicker(this));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private updateState(newState: ConnectivityState, picker: Picker) {
+    if (newState === ConnectivityState.READY) {
+      this.currentReadyPicker = picker as RoundRobinPicker;
+    } else {
+      this.currentReadyPicker = null;
+    }
+    this.currentState = newState;
+    this.channelControlHelper.updateState(newState, picker);
+  }
+
+  private resetSubchannelList() {
+    for (const subchannel of this.subchannels) {
+      subchannel.removeConnectivityStateListener(this.subchannelStateListener);
+      subchannel.unref();
+    }
+    this.subchannelStateCounts = {
+      [ConnectivityState.CONNECTING]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.IDLE]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.READY]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.SHUTDOWN]: 0,
+      [ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE]: 0
+    };
+    this.subchannels = [];
+  }
+
+  updateAddressList(addressList: string[], lbConfig: LoadBalancingConfig | null): void {
+    this.resetSubchannelList();
+    this.subchannels = addressList.map(address => this.channelControlHelper.createSubchannel(address, {}));
+    for (const subchannel of this.subchannels) {
+      const subchannelState = subchannel.getConnectivityState();
+      this.subchannelStateCounts[subchannelState] += 1;
+      if (subchannelState === ConnectivityState.IDLE || subchannelState === ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE) {
+        subchannel.startConnecting();
+      }
+    }
+    this.calculateAndUpdateState();
+  }
+
+  exitIdle(): void {
+    for (const subchannel of this.subchannels) {
+      subchannel.startConnecting();
+    }
+  }
+  resetBackoff(): void {
+    /* The pick first load balancer does not have a connection backoff, so this
+     * does nothing */
+  }
+  destroy(): void {
+    this.resetSubchannelList();
+  }
+  getTypeName(): string {
+    return TYPE_NAME;
+  }
+  replaceChannelControlHelper(channelControlHelper: ChannelControlHelper): void {
+    this.channelControlHelper = channelControlHelper;
+  }
+}
+
+export function setup() {
+  registerLoadBalancerType(TYPE_NAME, RoundRobinLoadBalancer);
+}
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer.ts
index a74deea7..69114521 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { ConnectivityState } from './channel';
 import { Picker } from './picker';
 import { LoadBalancingConfig } from './load-balancing-config';
 import * as load_balancer_pick_first from './load-balancer-pick-first';
+import * as load_balancer_round_robin from './load-balancer-round-robin';
 
 /**
  * A collection of functions associated with a channel that a load balancer
@@ -128,4 +129,5 @@ export function isLoadBalancerNameRegistered(typeName: string): boolean {
 
 export function registerAll() {
   load_balancer_pick_first.setup();
+  load_balancer_round_robin.setup();
 }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/service-config.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/service-config.ts
index d9b60812..fc8cda04 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/service-config.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/service-config.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function validateMethodConfig(obj: any): MethodConfig {
   return result;
 }
 
-function validateServiceConfig(obj: any): ServiceConfig {
+export function validateServiceConfig(obj: any): ServiceConfig {
   const result: ServiceConfig = {
     loadBalancingConfig: [],
     methodConfig: [],