diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index d4b4484965..218032e012 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@ import traceback
 from base64 import b64encode
 
 import httpx
-from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, Response, status
+from fastapi import (
+    APIRouter,
+    Depends,
+    FastAPI,
+    HTTPException,
+    Request,
+    Response,
+    status,
+)
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 from litellm.proxy._types import ProxyException
+from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
 
 async_client = httpx.AsyncClient()
 
@@ -129,7 +138,8 @@ def create_pass_through_route(endpoint, target, custom_headers=None):
 async def initialize_pass_through_endpoints(pass_through_endpoints: list):
 
     verbose_proxy_logger.debug("initializing pass through endpoints")
-    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app
+    from litellm.proxy._types import CommonProxyErrors, LiteLLMRoutes
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app, premium_user
 
     for endpoint in pass_through_endpoints:
         _target = endpoint.get("target", None)
@@ -138,6 +148,15 @@ async def initialize_pass_through_endpoints(pass_through_endpoints: list):
         _custom_headers = await set_env_variables_in_header(
             custom_headers=_custom_headers
         )
+        _auth = endpoint.get("auth", None)
+        _dependencies = None
+        if _auth is not None and str(_auth).lower() == "true":
+            if premium_user is not True:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Error Setting Authentication on Pass Through Endpoint: {CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user}"
+                )
+            _dependencies = [Depends(user_api_key_auth)]
+            LiteLLMRoutes.openai_routes.value.append(_path)
 
         if _target is None:
             continue
@@ -148,6 +167,7 @@ async def initialize_pass_through_endpoints(pass_through_endpoints: list):
             path=_path,
             endpoint=create_pass_through_route(_path, _target, _custom_headers),
             methods=["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH"],
+            dependencies=_dependencies,
         )
 
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug("Added new pass through endpoint: %s", _path)