diff --git a/lib/aws/AwsSigv4Signer.js b/lib/aws/AwsSigv4Signer.js
index 7233611d5..f2086aee5 100644
--- a/lib/aws/AwsSigv4Signer.js
+++ b/lib/aws/AwsSigv4Signer.js
@@ -15,19 +15,66 @@ const Transport = require('../Transport')
 const aws4 = require('aws4')
 const AwsSigv4SignerError = require('./errors')
 
-function AwsSigv4Signer (opts) {
+const getAwsSDKCredentialsProvider = async () => {
+  // First try V3
+  try {
+    const awsV3 = await import('@aws-sdk/credential-provider-node')
+    if (typeof awsV3.defaultProvider === 'function') {
+      return awsV3.defaultProvider()
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Ignore
+  }
+  try {
+    const awsV2 = await import('aws-sdk')
+    if (awsV2.default && typeof awsV2.default.config.getCredentials === 'function') {
+      return () =>
+        new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          awsV2.default.config.getCredentials((err, credentials) => {
+            if (err) {
+              reject(err)
+            } else {
+              resolve(credentials)
+            }
+          })
+        })
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Ignore
+  }
+
+  throw new AwsSigv4SignerError(
+    'Unable to find a valid AWS SDK, please provide a valid getCredentials function to AwsSigv4Signer options.'
+  )
+}
+
+const awsDefaultCredentialsProvider = () =>
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    getAwsSDKCredentialsProvider()
+      .then((provider) => {
+        provider().then(resolve).catch(reject)
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        reject(err)
+      })
+  })
+
+function AwsSigv4Signer (opts = {}) {
   const credentialsState = {
     credentials: null
   }
-  if (opts && (!opts.region || opts.region === null || opts.region === '')) {
+  if (!opts.region) {
     throw new AwsSigv4SignerError('Region cannot be empty')
   }
-  if (opts && typeof opts.getCredentials !== 'function') {
-    throw new AwsSigv4SignerError('getCredentials function is required')
+  if (!opts.service) {
+    opts.service = 'es'
+  }
+  if (typeof opts.getCredentials !== 'function') {
+    opts.getCredentials = awsDefaultCredentialsProvider
   }
 
   function buildSignedRequestObject (request = {}) {
-    request.service = 'es'
+    request.service = opts.service
     request.region = opts.region
     request.headers = request.headers || {}
     request.headers.host = request.hostname
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js b/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
index 9568450be..991b1835f 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const { Connection } = require('../../../../index')
 const { Client, buildServer } = require('../../../utils')
 
 test('Sign with SigV4', (t) => {
-  t.plan(2)
+  t.plan(3)
 
   const mockCreds = {
     accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
@@ -51,16 +51,17 @@ test('Sign with SigV4', (t) => {
   const signedRequest = auth.buildSignedRequestObject(request)
   t.hasProp(signedRequest.headers, 'X-Amz-Date')
   t.hasProp(signedRequest.headers, 'Authorization')
+  t.same(signedRequest.service, 'es')
 })
 
 test('Sign with SigV4 failure (with empty region)', (t) => {
-  t.plan(2)
-
   const mockCreds = {
     accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
     secretAccessKey: uuidv4()
   }
 
+  const mockRegions = [{ region: undefined }, { region: null }, { region: '' }, {}]
+
   const AwsSigv4SignerOptions = {
     getCredentials: () =>
       new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -68,13 +69,52 @@ test('Sign with SigV4 failure (with empty region)', (t) => {
       })
   }
 
-  try {
-    AwsSigv4Signer(AwsSigv4SignerOptions)
-    t.fail('Should fail')
-  } catch (err) {
-    t.ok(err instanceof AwsSigv4SignerError)
-    t.same(err.message, 'Region cannot be empty')
+  mockRegions.forEach((region) => {
+    try {
+      AwsSigv4Signer(Object.assign({}, AwsSigv4SignerOptions, region))
+      t.fail('Should fail')
+    } catch (err) {
+      t.ok(err instanceof AwsSigv4SignerError)
+      t.same(err.message, 'Region cannot be empty')
+    }
+  })
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('Sign with SigV4 and provided service', (t) => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  const mockCreds = {
+    accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
+    secretAccessKey: uuidv4()
   }
+
+  const mockRegion = 'us-west-2'
+  const mockService = 'foo'
+
+  const AwsSigv4SignerOptions = {
+    getCredentials: () =>
+      new Promise((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(() => resolve(mockCreds), 100)
+      }),
+    region: mockRegion,
+    service: mockService
+  }
+
+  const auth = AwsSigv4Signer(AwsSigv4SignerOptions)
+
+  const connection = new Connection({
+    url: new URL('https://localhost:9200')
+  })
+
+  const request = connection.buildRequestObject({
+    path: '/hello',
+    method: 'GET'
+  })
+
+  const signedRequest = auth.buildSignedRequestObject(request)
+  t.same(signedRequest.service, mockService)
 })
 
 test('Sign with SigV4 failure (without getCredentials function)', (t) => {