diff --git a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
index dcdc17ef31..6e49e4244e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
@@ -1681,6 +1681,9 @@ async def ui_view_spend_logs(  # noqa: PLR0915
     error_code: Optional[str] = fastapi.Query(
         default=None, description="Filter logs by error code (e.g., '404', '500')"
     ),
+    error_message: Optional[str] = fastapi.Query(
+        default=None, description="Filter logs by error message (partial string match)"
+    ),
 ):
     """
     View spend logs with pagination support.
@@ -1774,6 +1777,12 @@ async def ui_view_spend_logs(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 "equals": f'"{error_code}"',
             })
 
+        if error_message is not None:
+            metadata_filters.append({
+                "path": ["error_information", "error_message"],
+                "string_contains": error_message,
+            })
+
         if metadata_filters:
             if len(metadata_filters) == 1:
                 where_conditions["metadata"] = metadata_filters[0]
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
index 33e000143c..13368d0a14 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
@@ -1952,6 +1952,89 @@ async def test_ui_view_spend_logs_with_error_code(client):
         assert metadata["error_information"]["error_code"] == "404"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ui_view_spend_logs_with_error_message(client):
+    """Test filtering spend logs by error message"""
+    mock_spend_logs = [
+        {
+            "id": "log1",
+            "request_id": "req1",
+            "api_key": "sk-test-key",
+            "user": "test_user_1",
+            "team_id": "team1",
+            "spend": 0.05,
+            "startTime": datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            "metadata": '{"error_information": {"error_message": "Rate limit exceeded"}}',
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "log2",
+            "request_id": "req2",
+            "api_key": "sk-test-key",
+            "user": "test_user_2",
+            "team_id": "team1",
+            "spend": 0.10,
+            "startTime": datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            "model": "gpt-4",
+            "metadata": '{"error_information": {"error_message": "Invalid API key"}}',
+        },
+    ]
+
+    with patch.object(ps, "prisma_client") as mock_prisma:
+        # Mock the find_many method to return filtered results
+        async def mock_find_many(*args, **kwargs):
+            where_conditions = kwargs.get("where", {})
+            if "metadata" in where_conditions:
+                metadata_filter = where_conditions["metadata"]
+                if metadata_filter.get("path") == ["error_information", "error_message"]:
+                    error_message_filter = metadata_filter.get("string_contains")
+                    # Check if the error message contains the filter string
+                    if error_message_filter == "Rate limit":
+                        return [mock_spend_logs[0]]
+                    elif error_message_filter == "Invalid API":
+                        return [mock_spend_logs[1]]
+            return mock_spend_logs
+
+        async def mock_count(*args, **kwargs):
+            where_conditions = kwargs.get("where", {})
+            if "metadata" in where_conditions:
+                metadata_filter = where_conditions["metadata"]
+                if metadata_filter.get("path") == ["error_information", "error_message"]:
+                    error_message_filter = metadata_filter.get("string_contains")
+                    if error_message_filter == "Rate limit":
+                        return 1
+                    elif error_message_filter == "Invalid API":
+                        return 1
+            return len(mock_spend_logs)
+
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_spendlogs.find_many = mock_find_many
+        mock_prisma.db.litellm_spendlogs.count = mock_count
+
+        start_date = (
+            datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc) - datetime.timedelta(days=7)
+        ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        end_date = datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+
+        response = client.get(
+            "/spend/logs/ui",
+            params={
+                "error_message": "Rate limit",
+                "start_date": start_date,
+                "end_date": end_date,
+            },
+            headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sk-test"},
+        )
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["total"] == 1
+        assert len(data["data"]) == 1
+        assert data["data"][0]["id"] == "log1"
+        metadata = json.loads(data["data"][0]["metadata"])
+        assert "error_information" in metadata
+        assert "Rate limit exceeded" in metadata["error_information"]["error_message"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_ui_view_spend_logs_with_error_code_and_key_alias(client):
     """Test merging error_code and key_alias filters with AND logic"""