diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 6183c78c4e..034abbb807 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ def test_completion_azure_gpt4_vision():
     except openai.RateLimitError as e:
         print("got a rate liimt error", e)
         pass
+    except openai.APIStatusError as e:
+        print("got an api status error", e)
+        pass
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 95ddb433eb..716b524979 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -6964,6 +6964,21 @@ def exception_type(
                             llm_provider="azure",
                             response=original_exception.response,
                         )
+                    elif original_exception.status_code == 503:
+                        exception_mapping_worked = True
+                        raise ServiceUnavailableError(
+                            message=f"AzureException - {original_exception.message}",
+                            model=model,
+                            llm_provider="azure",
+                            response=original_exception.response,
+                        )
+                    elif original_exception.status_code == 504:  # gateway timeout error
+                        exception_mapping_worked = True
+                        raise Timeout(
+                            message=f"AzureException - {original_exception.message}",
+                            model=model,
+                            llm_provider="azure",
+                        )
                     else:
                         exception_mapping_worked = True
                         raise APIError(