diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_ai_partner_models/count_tokens/handler.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_ai_partner_models/count_tokens/handler.py
index da76b12c37..ae1a758bf2 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_ai_partner_models/count_tokens/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_ai_partner_models/count_tokens/handler.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class VertexAIPartnerModelsTokenCounter(VertexBase):
         # Use custom api_base if provided, otherwise construct default
         if api_base:
             base_url = api_base
+        elif vertex_location == "global":
+            base_url = "https://aiplatform.googleapis.com"
         else:
             base_url = f"https://{vertex_location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
 
diff --git a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_proxy_token_counter.py b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_proxy_token_counter.py
index 39606ef7ce..eb364ebf5b 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_proxy_token_counter.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_proxy_token_counter.py
@@ -819,3 +819,20 @@ async def test_vertex_ai_anthropic_token_counting():
         assert response.original_response is not None
         assert "input_tokens" in response.original_response
         assert response.original_response["input_tokens"] == 15
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("vertex_location", ["global", "us-central1"])
+def test_vertex_ai_gemini_token_counting_endpoint(vertex_location):
+    from litellm.llms.vertex_ai.vertex_ai_partner_models.count_tokens.handler import (
+        VertexAIPartnerModelsTokenCounter,
+    )
+
+    endpoint = VertexAIPartnerModelsTokenCounter()._build_count_tokens_endpoint(
+        model="gemini-2.5-pro",
+        project_id="test-project",
+        vertex_location=vertex_location,
+        api_base=None,
+    )
+    if vertex_location == "global":
+        assert endpoint == "https://aiplatform.googleapis.com"
+    else:
+        assert endpoint == f"https://{vertex_location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
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