diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 1ee36504f1..120f85cb1e 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ def completion(
     logprobs: Optional[bool] = None,
     top_logprobs: Optional[int] = None,
     deployment_id=None,
+    extra_headers: Optional[dict] = None,
     # soon to be deprecated params by OpenAI
     functions: Optional[List] = None,
     function_call: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ def completion(
         "max_retries",
         "logprobs",
         "top_logprobs",
+        "extra_headers",
     ]
     litellm_params = [
         "metadata",
@@ -691,6 +693,7 @@ def completion(
             max_retries=max_retries,
             logprobs=logprobs,
             top_logprobs=top_logprobs,
+            extra_headers=extra_headers,
             **non_default_params,
         )
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_optional_params.py b/litellm/tests/test_optional_params.py
index 45c3b8a38e..4fa8df3b6d 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_optional_params.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_optional_params.py
@@ -118,3 +118,18 @@ def test_azure_gpt_optional_params_gpt_vision_with_extra_body():
 
 
 # test_azure_gpt_optional_params_gpt_vision_with_extra_body()
+
+
+def test_openai_extra_headers():
+    optional_params = litellm.utils.get_optional_params(
+        user="John",
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        max_tokens=10,
+        temperature=0.2,
+        extra_headers={"AI-Resource Group": "ishaan-resource"},
+    )
+
+    print(optional_params)
+    assert optional_params["max_tokens"] == 10
+    assert optional_params["temperature"] == 0.2
+    assert optional_params["extra_headers"] == {"AI-Resource Group": "ishaan-resource"}
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index e3516f7fdc..ed130c247a 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -3907,6 +3907,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
     max_retries=None,
     logprobs=None,
     top_logprobs=None,
+    extra_headers=None,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     # retrieve all parameters passed to the function
@@ -3946,6 +3947,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
         "max_retries": None,
         "logprobs": None,
         "top_logprobs": None,
+        "extra_headers": None,
     }
     # filter out those parameters that were passed with non-default values
     non_default_params = {
@@ -4753,6 +4755,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
             "max_retries",
             "logprobs",
             "top_logprobs",
+            "extra_headers",
         ]
         _check_valid_arg(supported_params=supported_params)
         if functions is not None:
@@ -4793,6 +4796,8 @@ def get_optional_params(
             optional_params["logprobs"] = logprobs
         if top_logprobs is not None:
             optional_params["top_logprobs"] = top_logprobs
+        if extra_headers is not None:
+            optional_params["extra_headers"] = extra_headers
     if custom_llm_provider in ["openai", "azure"] + litellm.openai_compatible_providers:
         # for openai, azure we should pass the extra/passed params within `extra_body` https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/ac33853ba10d13ac149b1fa3ca6dba7d613065c9/src/openai/resources/models.py#L46
         extra_body = passed_params.pop("extra_body", {})