diff --git a/src/main/java/com/evanlennick/retry4j/config/AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/evanlennick/retry4j/config/AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.java
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+package com.evanlennick.retry4j.config;
+
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.backoff.*;
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.exception.InvalidRetryConfigException;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class AlternateRetryConfigBuilder {
+
+  private Object valueToRetryOn;
+  private Boolean retryOnValue = false;
+  // Using some defaults here, but we need not declare defaults and validate for nulls during `build()`
+  private BackoffStrategy backoffStrategy = BackoffStrategyRegistry.fixedBackoff;
+  private ExceptionRetryConfig exceptionRetryConfig = new ExceptionRetryConfig()
+      .retryOnAnyException();
+  private TimingRetryConfig timingRetryConfig = TimingRetryConfig.retryIndefinitely()
+      .withDelayBetweenTries(2, ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
+
+  private AlternateRetryConfigBuilder() {
+  }
+
+  public static AlternateRetryConfigBuilder exceptionRetryConfig(ExceptionRetryConfig exceptionRetryConfig) {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder builder = new AlternateRetryConfigBuilder();
+    builder.exceptionRetryConfig = exceptionRetryConfig;
+    return builder;
+  }
+
+  public static AlternateRetryConfigBuilder retryOnReturnValue(Object value) {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder builder = new AlternateRetryConfigBuilder();
+    builder.valueToRetryOn = value;
+    builder.retryOnValue = true;
+    return builder;
+  }
+
+  public static class ExceptionRetryConfig {
+    private Boolean retryOnAnyException = false;
+    private Function<Exception, Boolean> customRetryOnLogic;
+    private ExceptionsCriteria exceptionsCriteriaBuilder = new ExceptionsCriteria();
+
+    public static ExceptionRetryConfig retryOnAnyException() {
+      ExceptionRetryConfig config = new ExceptionRetryConfig();
+      config.retryOnAnyException = true;
+      return config;
+    }
+
+    public static ExceptionRetryConfig failOnAnyException() {
+      ExceptionRetryConfig config = new ExceptionRetryConfig();
+      config.retryOnAnyException = false;
+      return config;
+    }
+
+    public static ExceptionRetryConfig retryOnExceptions(ExceptionsCriteria exceptionsCriteriaBuilder) {
+      ExceptionRetryConfig config = new ExceptionRetryConfig();
+      config.exceptionsCriteriaBuilder = exceptionsCriteriaBuilder;
+      return config;
+    }
+
+    public static ExceptionRetryConfig retryOnCustomExceptionLogic(Function<Exception, Boolean> customRetryFunction) {
+      ExceptionRetryConfig config = new ExceptionRetryConfig();
+      config.customRetryOnLogic = customRetryFunction;
+      return config;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class ExceptionsCriteria {
+    private Set<Class<? extends Exception>> retryOnSpecificExceptions = new HashSet<>();
+    private Set<Class<? extends Exception>> retryOnAnyExceptionExcluding = new HashSet<>();
+    private boolean retryOnCausedBy;
+
+    public ExceptionsCriteria retryOnSpecificExceptions(Class<? extends Exception>... exceptions) {
+      this.retryOnSpecificExceptions = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(exceptions));
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public ExceptionsCriteria retryOnAnyExceptionExcluding(Class<? extends Exception>... exceptions) {
+      this.retryOnAnyExceptionExcluding = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(exceptions));
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public ExceptionsCriteria retryOnCausedBy() {
+      this.retryOnCausedBy = true;
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class TimingRetryConfig {
+
+    private Integer maxNumberOfTries;
+    private Duration delayBetweenRetries;
+    public static final String SHOULD_SPECIFY_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_AS_POSTIVE__ERROR_MSG
+        = "Delay between retries must be a non-negative Duration.";
+
+    private TimingRetryConfig() {
+    }
+
+    public static TimingRetryConfig withMaxTries(int maxTries) {
+      TimingRetryConfig config = new TimingRetryConfig();
+      config.maxNumberOfTries = maxTries;
+      return config;
+    }
+
+    public static TimingRetryConfig retryIndefinitely() {
+      TimingRetryConfig config = new TimingRetryConfig();
+      config.maxNumberOfTries = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+      return config;
+    }
+
+
+    public TimingRetryConfig withDelayBetweenTries(Duration duration) {
+      if (duration.isNegative()) {
+        throw new InvalidRetryConfigException(SHOULD_SPECIFY_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_AS_POSTIVE__ERROR_MSG);
+      }
+
+      delayBetweenRetries = duration;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public TimingRetryConfig withDelayBetweenTries(long amount, ChronoUnit time) {
+      delayBetweenRetries = Duration.of(amount, time);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  public static class BackoffStrategyRegistry {
+    public static final BackoffStrategy fixedBackoff =  new FixedBackoffStrategy();
+    public static final BackoffStrategy exponentialBackoff = new ExponentialBackoffStrategy();
+    public static final BackoffStrategy fibonacciBackoff =  new FibonacciBackoffStrategy();
+    public static final BackoffStrategy noWaitBackoff= new NoWaitBackoffStrategy();
+    public static final BackoffStrategy randomBackoff=  new RandomBackoffStrategy();
+    public static final BackoffStrategy randomExponentialBackoff =  new RandomExponentialBackoffStrategy();
+  }
+
+  public AlternateRetryConfigBuilder withBackoffStrategy(BackoffStrategy backoffStrategy) {
+    this.backoffStrategy = backoffStrategy;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public AlternateRetryConfigBuilder withExceptionRetryconfig(ExceptionRetryConfig exceptionRetryConfig) {
+    this.exceptionRetryConfig = exceptionRetryConfig;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public AlternateRetryConfigBuilder withTimingRetryConfig(TimingRetryConfig timingRetryConfig) {
+    this.timingRetryConfig = timingRetryConfig;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public RetryConfig build() {
+    RetryConfig retryConfig = new RetryConfig(
+        exceptionRetryConfig.retryOnAnyException, exceptionRetryConfig.exceptionsCriteriaBuilder.retryOnSpecificExceptions,
+        exceptionRetryConfig.exceptionsCriteriaBuilder.retryOnAnyExceptionExcluding, timingRetryConfig.maxNumberOfTries,
+        timingRetryConfig.delayBetweenRetries, backoffStrategy, valueToRetryOn, retryOnValue,
+        exceptionRetryConfig.customRetryOnLogic, exceptionRetryConfig.exceptionsCriteriaBuilder.retryOnCausedBy
+    );
+    return retryConfig;
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/evanlennick/retry4j/AlternateRetryConfigBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/evanlennick/retry4j/AlternateRetryConfigBuilderTest.java
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+package com.evanlennick.retry4j;
+
+
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.config.AlternateRetryConfigBuilder;
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.config.AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.BackoffStrategyRegistry;
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.config.AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.ExceptionRetryConfig;
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.config.AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.ExceptionsCriteria;
+import com.evanlennick.retry4j.config.AlternateRetryConfigBuilder.TimingRetryConfig;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+
+public class AlternateRetryConfigBuilderTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfig1() {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder
+        .exceptionRetryConfig(
+            new ExceptionRetryConfig().retryOnAnyException()
+        )
+        .withTimingRetryConfig(
+            TimingRetryConfig.withMaxTries(200)
+        )
+        .withBackoffStrategy(BackoffStrategyRegistry.noWaitBackoff)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfig2() {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder
+        .exceptionRetryConfig(
+            new ExceptionRetryConfig().retryOnExceptions(new ExceptionsCriteria()
+                .retryOnSpecificExceptions(IllegalArgumentException.class))
+        )
+        .withTimingRetryConfig(
+            TimingRetryConfig.retryIndefinitely().withDelayBetweenTries(3, ChronoUnit.MINUTES)
+        )
+        .withBackoffStrategy(BackoffStrategyRegistry.exponentialBackoff)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfig3() {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder
+        .exceptionRetryConfig(
+            new ExceptionRetryConfig().retryOnExceptions(new ExceptionsCriteria()
+                .retryOnSpecificExceptions(IOException.class)
+                .retryOnAnyExceptionExcluding(FileNotFoundException.class)
+                .retryOnCausedBy())
+        )
+        .withTimingRetryConfig(
+            TimingRetryConfig.retryIndefinitely().withDelayBetweenTries(3, ChronoUnit.MINUTES)
+        )
+        .withBackoffStrategy(BackoffStrategyRegistry.exponentialBackoff)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfig4() {
+    AlternateRetryConfigBuilder
+        .retryOnReturnValue("retry on this value!")
+        .withTimingRetryConfig(
+            TimingRetryConfig.retryIndefinitely()
+        )
+        .withBackoffStrategy(BackoffStrategyRegistry.fibonacciBackoff)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+}