diff --git a/crates/deadpool-memcached/README.md b/crates/deadpool-memcached/README.md
index e57e1479..35f846fb 100644
--- a/crates/deadpool-memcached/README.md
+++ b/crates/deadpool-memcached/README.md
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ use deadpool_memcached::Manager;
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let manager = Manager::new("localhost:11211");
+    let pool = deadpool_memcached::Pool::builder(manager).build().unwrap();
     let mut client = pool.get().await.unwrap();
     println!("version: {:?}", client.version().await);
 }
 ```
 
+You can also use `deadpool_memcached::Config` to build a pool (including
+optional `serde`-based config deserialization).
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under the MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>).
diff --git a/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/config.rs b/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6f3318d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+
+use crate::{CreatePoolError, Manager, Pool, PoolBuilder, PoolConfig};
+
+/// Configuration object.
+///
+/// # Example (from environment)
+///
+/// You can read the configuration using the
+/// [`config`](https://crates.io/crates/config) crate as following:
+/// ```env
+/// MEMCACHED__ADDR=127.0.0.1:11211
+/// MEMCACHED__POOL__MAX_SIZE=16
+/// MEMCACHED__POOL__TIMEOUTS__WAIT__SECS=5
+/// MEMCACHED__POOL__TIMEOUTS__WAIT__NANOS=0
+/// ```
+/// ```rust,ignore
+/// #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
+/// struct Config {
+///     memcached: deadpool_memcached::Config,
+/// }
+/// impl Config {
+///     pub fn from_env() -> Result<Self, config::ConfigError> {
+///         let mut cfg = config::Config::builder()
+///            .add_source(config::Environment::default().separator("__"))
+///            .build()?;
+///            cfg.try_deserialize()
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Config {
+    /// Memcached address.
+    pub addr: Option<String>,
+
+    /// [`Pool`] configuration.
+    pub pool: Option<PoolConfig>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    /// Creates a new [`Config`] with the given Memcached address.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(addr: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            addr: Some(addr.into()),
+            pool: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new [`Pool`] using this [`Config`].
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// See [`CreatePoolError`] for details.
+    pub fn create_pool(&self) -> Result<Pool, CreatePoolError> {
+        self.builder()
+            .map_err(CreatePoolError::Config)?
+            .build()
+            .map_err(CreatePoolError::Build)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new [`PoolBuilder`] using this [`Config`].
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// See [`ConfigError`] for details.
+    pub fn builder(&self) -> Result<PoolBuilder, ConfigError> {
+        let manager = Manager::new(self.get_addr());
+        Ok(Pool::builder(manager).config(self.get_pool_config()))
+    }
+
+    /// Returns address used to connect to the Memcached server.
+    pub fn get_addr(&self) -> &str {
+        self.addr.as_deref().unwrap_or("127.0.0.1:11211")
+    }
+
+    /// Returns [`deadpool::managed::PoolConfig`] which can be used to construct
+    /// a [`deadpool::managed::Pool`] instance.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn get_pool_config(&self) -> PoolConfig {
+        self.pool.unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
+/// This error is returned if there is something wrong with the Memcached configuration.
+///
+/// This is just a type alias to [`Infallible`] at the moment as there
+/// is no validation happening at the configuration phase.
+pub type ConfigError = Infallible;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Config;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn default_addr_is_localhost() {
+        let cfg = Config::default();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.get_addr(), "127.0.0.1:11211");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn new_sets_addr() {
+        let cfg = Config::new("cache.internal:11211");
+        assert_eq!(cfg.get_addr(), "cache.internal:11211");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/lib.rs b/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/lib.rs
index b150de4c..66bd128f 100644
--- a/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/deadpool-memcached/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@
 //! connect via TCP as there is no existing mechanism to parameterize how to deal with different
 //! unerlying connection types at the moment.
 #![deny(warnings, missing_docs)]
-use std::convert::Infallible;
-
 use async_memcached::{Client, Error};
+mod config;
 
 /// Type alias for using [`deadpool::managed::RecycleResult`] with [`redis`].
 type RecycleResult = deadpool::managed::RecycleResult<Error>;
 
-type ConfigError = Infallible;
-
+pub use self::config::{Config, ConfigError};
 pub use deadpool::managed::reexports::*;
 deadpool::managed_reexports!(
     "memcached",
diff --git a/crates/deadpool-memcached/tests/basic.rs b/crates/deadpool-memcached/tests/basic.rs
index 4cd650f3..029b9cc4 100644
--- a/crates/deadpool-memcached/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/deadpool-memcached/tests/basic.rs
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@ use std::env;
 use async_memcached::AsciiProtocol;
 use deadpool_memcached::{Manager, Pool};
 
-fn create_pool() -> Pool {
-    let addr = env::var("MEMCACHED__ADDR").unwrap();
+fn create_pool() -> Option<Pool> {
+    let addr = env::var("MEMCACHED__ADDR").ok()?;
     let manager = Manager::new(addr);
-    Pool::builder(manager).build().unwrap()
+    Some(Pool::builder(manager).build().unwrap())
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_set_get() {
+    let Some(pool) = create_pool() else {
+        // Skip test when no Memcached server is configured.
+        return;
+    };
     let test_key = "test:basic:test_set_get";
     let test_value = "answer_42";
-    let pool = create_pool();
     let mut conn = pool.get().await.unwrap();
     let _ = conn.delete(test_key).await;
     assert_eq!(conn.get(test_key).await.unwrap(), None);