diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/init_guardrails.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/init_guardrails.py
index f0e2a9e2ec..4180bce2d3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/init_guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/init_guardrails.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import importlib
 import traceback
 from typing import Dict, List, Literal
 
@@ -161,6 +162,25 @@ def init_guardrails_v2(all_guardrails: dict):
                 category_thresholds=litellm_params.get("category_thresholds"),
             )
             litellm.callbacks.append(_lakera_callback)  # type: ignore
+        elif (
+            isinstance(litellm_params["guardrail"], str)
+            and "." in litellm_params["guardrail"]
+        ):
+            # Custom guardrail
+            _guardrail = litellm_params["guardrail"]
+            _file_name, _class_name = _guardrail.split(".")
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                "Initializing custom guardrail: %s, file_name: %s, class_name: %s",
+                _guardrail,
+                _file_name,
+                _class_name,
+            )
+            _guardrail_class = getattr(importlib.import_module(_file_name), _class_name)
+            _guardrail_callback = _guardrail_class(
+                guardrail_name=guardrail["guardrail_name"],
+                event_hook=litellm_params["mode"],
+            )
+            litellm.callbacks.append(_guardrail_callback)  # type: ignore
 
         parsed_guardrail = Guardrail(
             guardrail_name=guardrail["guardrail_name"],
@@ -169,6 +189,5 @@ def init_guardrails_v2(all_guardrails: dict):
 
         guardrail_list.append(parsed_guardrail)
         guardrail_name = guardrail["guardrail_name"]
-
     # pretty print guardrail_list in green
     print(f"\nGuardrail List:{guardrail_list}\n")  # noqa