diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 956834afc3..0527ef199f 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ from .utils import (
 )
 
 from .types.utils import ImageObject
+from .llms.custom_llm import CustomLLM
 from .llms.huggingface_restapi import HuggingfaceConfig
 from .llms.anthropic import AnthropicConfig
 from .llms.databricks import DatabricksConfig, DatabricksEmbeddingConfig
@@ -909,3 +910,11 @@ from .cost_calculator import response_cost_calculator, cost_per_token
 from .types.adapter import AdapterItem
 
 adapters: List[AdapterItem] = []
+
+### CUSTOM LLMs ###
+from .types.llms.custom_llm import CustomLLMItem
+
+custom_provider_map: List[CustomLLMItem] = []
+_custom_providers: List[str] = (
+    []
+)  # internal helper util, used to track names of custom providers
diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_llm.py b/litellm/llms/custom_llm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fac1eb2936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_llm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# What is this?
+## Handler file for a Custom Chat LLM
+
+"""
+- completion
+- acompletion
+- streaming
+- async_streaming
+"""
+
+import copy
+import json
+import os
+import time
+import types
+from enum import Enum
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Callable, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
+
+import httpx  # type: ignore
+import requests  # type: ignore
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import map_finish_reason
+from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
+from litellm.types.llms.databricks import GenericStreamingChunk
+from litellm.types.utils import ProviderField
+from litellm.utils import CustomStreamWrapper, EmbeddingResponse, ModelResponse, Usage
+
+from .base import BaseLLM
+from .prompt_templates.factory import custom_prompt, prompt_factory
+
+
+class CustomLLMError(Exception):  # use this for all your exceptions
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        status_code,
+        message,
+    ):
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.message = message
+        super().__init__(
+            self.message
+        )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
+
+
+def custom_chat_llm_router():
+    """
+    Routes call to CustomLLM completion/acompletion/streaming/astreaming functions, based on call type
+
+    Validates if response is in expected format
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class CustomLLM(BaseLLM):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def completion(self, *args, **kwargs) -> ModelResponse:
+        raise CustomLLMError(status_code=500, message="Not implemented yet!")
+
+    def streaming(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise CustomLLMError(status_code=500, message="Not implemented yet!")
+
+    async def acompletion(self, *args, **kwargs) -> ModelResponse:
+        raise CustomLLMError(status_code=500, message="Not implemented yet!")
+
+    async def astreaming(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise CustomLLMError(status_code=500, message="Not implemented yet!")
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index f724a68bd3..539c3d3e1c 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ from .llms.anthropic_text import AnthropicTextCompletion
 from .llms.azure import AzureChatCompletion
 from .llms.azure_text import AzureTextCompletion
 from .llms.bedrock_httpx import BedrockConverseLLM, BedrockLLM
+from .llms.custom_llm import CustomLLM, custom_chat_llm_router
 from .llms.databricks import DatabricksChatCompletion
 from .llms.huggingface_restapi import Huggingface
 from .llms.openai import OpenAIChatCompletion, OpenAITextCompletion
@@ -2690,6 +2691,20 @@ def completion(
             model_response.created = int(time.time())
             model_response.model = model
             response = model_response
+        elif (
+            custom_llm_provider in litellm._custom_providers
+        ):  # Assume custom LLM provider
+            # Get the Custom Handler
+            custom_handler: Optional[CustomLLM] = None
+            for item in litellm.custom_provider_map:
+                if item["provider"] == custom_llm_provider:
+                    custom_handler = item["custom_handler"]
+
+            if custom_handler is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Unable to map your input to a model. Check your input - {args}"
+                )
+            response = custom_handler.completion()
         else:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Unable to map your input to a model. Check your input - {args}"
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_custom_llm.py b/litellm/tests/test_custom_llm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0506986eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_custom_llm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# What is this?
+## Unit tests for the CustomLLM class
+
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+
+import openai
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import httpx
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+import litellm
+from litellm import CustomLLM, completion, get_llm_provider
+
+
+class MyCustomLLM(CustomLLM):
+    def completion(self, *args, **kwargs) -> litellm.ModelResponse:
+        return litellm.completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world"}],
+            mock_response="Hi!",
+        )  # type: ignore
+
+
+def test_get_llm_provider():
+    from litellm.utils import custom_llm_setup
+
+    my_custom_llm = MyCustomLLM()
+    litellm.custom_provider_map = [
+        {"provider": "custom_llm", "custom_handler": my_custom_llm}
+    ]
+
+    custom_llm_setup()
+
+    model, provider, _, _ = get_llm_provider(model="custom_llm/my-fake-model")
+
+    assert provider == "custom_llm"
+
+
+def test_simple_completion():
+    my_custom_llm = MyCustomLLM()
+    litellm.custom_provider_map = [
+        {"provider": "custom_llm", "custom_handler": my_custom_llm}
+    ]
+    resp = completion(
+        model="custom_llm/my-fake-model",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world!"}],
+    )
+
+    assert resp.choices[0].message.content == "Hi!"
diff --git a/litellm/types/llms/custom_llm.py b/litellm/types/llms/custom_llm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5499a4194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/types/llms/custom_llm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from typing import List
+
+from typing_extensions import Dict, Required, TypedDict, override
+
+from litellm.llms.custom_llm import CustomLLM
+
+
+class CustomLLMItem(TypedDict):
+    provider: str
+    custom_handler: CustomLLM
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index e104de958a..0f1b0315db 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ class Rules:
 
 ####### CLIENT ###################
 # make it easy to log if completion/embedding runs succeeded or failed + see what happened | Non-Blocking
+def custom_llm_setup():
+    """
+    Add custom_llm provider to provider list
+    """
+    for custom_llm in litellm.custom_provider_map:
+        if custom_llm["provider"] not in litellm.provider_list:
+            litellm.provider_list.append(custom_llm["provider"])
+
+        if custom_llm["provider"] not in litellm._custom_providers:
+            litellm._custom_providers.append(custom_llm["provider"])
+
+
 def function_setup(
     original_function: str, rules_obj, start_time, *args, **kwargs
 ):  # just run once to check if user wants to send their data anywhere - PostHog/Sentry/Slack/etc.
@@ -341,6 +353,10 @@ def function_setup(
     try:
         global callback_list, add_breadcrumb, user_logger_fn, Logging
 
+        ## CUSTOM LLM SETUP ##
+        custom_llm_setup()
+
+        ## LOGGING SETUP
         function_id = kwargs["id"] if "id" in kwargs else None
 
         if len(litellm.callbacks) > 0: