diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index bf5781c563..a970b5d449 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -1407,6 +1407,32 @@ class Router:
                 max_retries = litellm.get_secret(max_retries_env_name)
                 litellm_params["max_retries"] = max_retries
 
+
+            # proxy support
+            import os
+            import httpx
+
+            # Check if the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables are set and use them accordingly.
+            http_proxy = os.getenv("HTTP_PROXY", None)
+            https_proxy = os.getenv("HTTPS_PROXY", None)
+
+            # Create the proxies dictionary only if the environment variables are set.
+            sync_proxy_mounts = None
+            async_proxy_mounts = None
+            if http_proxy is not None and https_proxy is not None:
+                sync_proxy_mounts = {
+                    "http://": httpx.HTTPTransport(proxy=httpx.Proxy(url=http_proxy)),
+                    "https://": httpx.HTTPTransport(proxy=httpx.Proxy(url=https_proxy)),
+                }
+                async_proxy_mounts = {
+                    "http://": httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport(
+                        proxy=httpx.Proxy(url=http_proxy)
+                    ),
+                    "https://": httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport(
+                        proxy=httpx.Proxy(url=https_proxy)
+                    ),
+                }
+
             organization = litellm_params.get("organization", None)
             if isinstance(organization, str) and organization.startswith("os.environ/"):
                 organization_env_name = organization.replace("os.environ/", "")
@@ -1437,6 +1463,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1458,6 +1485,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1479,6 +1507,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1500,6 +1529,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1535,6 +1565,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1554,6 +1585,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                         ),  # type: ignore
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1574,6 +1606,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                         ),
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1593,6 +1626,7 @@ class Router:
                             limits=httpx.Limits(
                                 max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                             ),
+                            mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                         ),
                     )
                     self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1618,6 +1652,7 @@ class Router:
                         limits=httpx.Limits(
                             max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                         ),
+                        mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                     ),  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1639,6 +1674,7 @@ class Router:
                         limits=httpx.Limits(
                             max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                         ),
+                        mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                     ),  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1661,6 +1697,7 @@ class Router:
                         limits=httpx.Limits(
                             max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                         ),
+                        mounts=async_proxy_mounts,
                     ),  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self.cache.set_cache(
@@ -1683,6 +1720,7 @@ class Router:
                         limits=httpx.Limits(
                             max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100
                         ),
+                        mounts=sync_proxy_mounts,
                     ),  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self.cache.set_cache(