diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index e3fc1a7731d..7e7bb32b111 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ lib/
 index.ts
 *.spec.*
 dist/lib/test-utils.*
+examples/
diff --git a/examples/connect-as-acl-user/connect-as-acl-user.js b/examples/connect-as-acl-user/connect-as-acl-user.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20e3c4c3caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/connect-as-acl-user/connect-as-acl-user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Connect to Redis 6.x as an ACL user.  Attempt to run a command
+// that the user is allowed to execute, and a command that the 
+// user is not allowed to execute.
+
+// Create the test user in redis-cli with this command:
+//   acl setuser testuser on >testpassword +ping
+
+import { createClient } from 'redis';
+
+const connectWithACLUser = async () => {
+  const client = createClient({
+    url: 'redis://testuser:testpassword@127.0.0.1:6379'
+  });
+
+  await client.connect();
+
+  // Returns PONG
+  console.log(`Response from PING command: ${await client.ping()}`);
+
+  try {
+    // This will error as this user is not allowed to run this command...
+    console.log(`Response from GET command: ${await client.get('somekey')}`);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(`GET command failed: ${e.message}`);
+  }
+
+  await client.quit();
+}
+
+
+connectWithACLUser();
+
diff --git a/examples/package-lock.json b/examples/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07eff138d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
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diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69fff5b5413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "node-redis-examples",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "node-redis 4 example script",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "redis": "next"
+  }
+}
+