diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/Chart.yaml
index 5de591fd73..bd63ca6bfc 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.4.3
+version: 0.4.4
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/README.md b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/README.md
index a0ba5781df..31bda3f7d7 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/README.md
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ If `db.useStackgresOperator` is used (not yet implemented):
 | `serviceAccount.create`                                    | Whether or not to create a Kubernetes Service Account for this deployment.  The default is `false` because LiteLLM has no need to access the Kubernetes API.                          | `false`  |
 | `service.type`                                             | Kubernetes Service type (e.g. `LoadBalancer`, `ClusterIP`, etc.)                                                                                                                      | `ClusterIP`  |
 | `service.port`                                             | TCP port that the Kubernetes Service will listen on.  Also the TCP port within the Pod that the proxy will listen on.                                                                 | `4000`  |
+| `service.loadBalancerClass`                                | Optional LoadBalancer implementation class (only used when `service.type` is `LoadBalancer`)                                                                                                          | `""`  |
 | `ingress.*`                                                | See [values.yaml](./values.yaml) for example settings                                                                                                                                 | N/A  |
 | `proxy_config.*`                                           | See [values.yaml](./values.yaml) for default settings.  See [example_config_yaml](../../../litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/) for configuration examples.                            | N/A  |
 | `extraContainers[]`                                        | An array of additional containers to be deployed as sidecars alongside the LiteLLM Proxy.                                                                                             | `[]`  |
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/service.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/service.yaml
index d8d81e78c8..1181220892 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/service.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "litellm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  {{- if and (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer") .Values.service.loadBalancerClass }}
+  loadBalancerClass: {{ .Values.service.loadBalancerClass }}
+  {{- end }}
   ports:
     - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
       targetPort: http
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/tests/service_tests.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/tests/service_tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43ed0180bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/tests/service_tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+suite: Service Configuration Tests
+templates:
+  - service.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: should create a default ClusterIP service
+    template: service.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.type
+          value: ClusterIP
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].port
+          value: 4000
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].targetPort
+          value: http
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].protocol
+          value: TCP
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].name
+          value: http
+      - isNull:
+          path: spec.loadBalancerClass
+
+  - it: should create a NodePort service when specified
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.type: NodePort
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.type
+          value: NodePort
+      - isNull:
+          path: spec.loadBalancerClass
+
+  - it: should create a LoadBalancer service when specified
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.type: LoadBalancer
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.type
+          value: LoadBalancer
+      - isNull:
+          path: spec.loadBalancerClass
+
+  - it: should add loadBalancerClass when specified with LoadBalancer type
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.type: LoadBalancer
+      service.loadBalancerClass: tailscale
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.type
+          value: LoadBalancer
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.loadBalancerClass
+          value: tailscale
+
+  - it: should not add loadBalancerClass when specified with ClusterIP type
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.type: ClusterIP
+      service.loadBalancerClass: tailscale
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.type
+          value: ClusterIP
+      - isNull:
+          path: spec.loadBalancerClass
+
+  - it: should use custom port when specified
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.port: 8080
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].port
+          value: 8080
+
+  - it: should add service annotations when specified
+    template: service.yaml
+    set:
+      service.annotations:
+        cloud.google.com/load-balancer-type: "Internal"
+        service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-internal: "true"
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: Service
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.annotations
+          value:
+            cloud.google.com/load-balancer-type: "Internal"
+            service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-internal: "true"
+
+  - it: should use the correct selector labels
+    template: service.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - isNotNull:
+          path: spec.selector
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.selector
+          value:
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: litellm
+            app.kubernetes.io/instance: RELEASE-NAME
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
index 0440e28eed..213db35a20 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ environmentConfigMaps: []
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
   port: 4000
+  # If service type is `LoadBalancer` you can
+  # optionally specify loadBalancerClass
+  # loadBalancerClass: tailscale
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false