diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/builder.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/builder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99848e1b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/builder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use super::{Resource, ResourceDetector};
+
+/// Builder to allow easy composition of a Resource
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ResourceBuilder {
+    resource: Resource,
+}
+
+impl ResourceBuilder {
+    /// Create ResourceBuilder with an empty [Resource].
+    pub fn new_empty() -> Self {
+        ResourceBuilder {
+            resource: Resource::empty(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create ResourceBuilder with a default [Resource].
+    pub fn new_default() -> Self {
+        ResourceBuilder {
+            resource: Resource::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Add a single [ResourceDetector] to your resource.
+    pub fn with_detector(self, detector: Box<dyn ResourceDetector>) -> Self {
+        self.with_detectors(vec![detector])
+    }
+
+    /// Add multiple [ResourceDetector] to your resource.
+    pub fn with_detectors(mut self, detectors: Vec<Box<dyn ResourceDetector>>) -> Self {
+        self.resource = self.resource.merge(&Resource::from_detectors(detectors));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Create a [Resource] with the options provided to the [ResourceBuilder].
+    pub fn build(self) -> Resource {
+        self.resource
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
+
+    use crate::resource::EnvResourceDetector;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_resource() {
+        temp_env::with_vars(
+            [
+                (
+                    "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES",
+                    Some("key=value, k = v , a= x, a=z"),
+                ),
+                ("IRRELEVANT", Some("20200810")),
+            ],
+            || {
+                let resource = Resource::builder()
+                    .with_detector(Box::new(EnvResourceDetector::new()))
+                    .build();
+
+                assert_eq!(
+                    resource,
+                    Resource::new(vec![
+                        KeyValue::new("key", "value"),
+                        KeyValue::new("k", "v"),
+                        KeyValue::new("a", "x"),
+                        KeyValue::new("a", "z"),
+                    ])
+                )
+            },
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/mod.rs
index 1b46279085..45613c61f4 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/mod.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 //!
 //! The OS and Process resource detectors are packaged separately in the
 //! [`opentelemetry-resource-detector` crate](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust-contrib/tree/main/opentelemetry-resource-detectors).
+mod builder;
 mod env;
 mod telemetry;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ use std::collections::{hash_map, HashMap};
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use self::builder::ResourceBuilder;
+
 /// Inner structure of `Resource` holding the actual data.
 /// This structure is designed to be shared among `Resource` instances via `Arc`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -62,6 +65,22 @@ impl Default for Resource {
 }
 
 impl Resource {
+    /// Creates a Builder that allows you to configure multiple aspects of the Resource.
+    ///
+    /// If you want to start from a [Resource::default()] see [Resource::builder_default()].
+    ///
+    /// Starts with a [Resource::empty()].
+    pub fn builder() -> ResourceBuilder {
+        ResourceBuilder::new_empty()
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a Builder that allows you to configure multiple aspects of the Resource.
+    ///
+    /// Starts with a [Resource::default()].
+    pub fn builder_default() -> ResourceBuilder {
+        ResourceBuilder::new_empty()
+    }
+
     /// Creates an empty resource.
     /// This is the basic constructor that initializes a resource with no attributes and no schema URL.
     pub fn empty() -> Self {