diff --git a/enterprise/enterprise_hooks/lakera_ai.py b/enterprise/enterprise_hooks/lakera_ai.py
index 2a4ad418b3..3d874da8de 100644
--- a/enterprise/enterprise_hooks/lakera_ai.py
+++ b/enterprise/enterprise_hooks/lakera_ai.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import json
 
 litellm.set_verbose = True
 
+GUARDRAIL_NAME = "lakera_prompt_injection"
+
 
 class _ENTERPRISE_lakeraAI_Moderation(CustomLogger):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -41,6 +43,19 @@ class _ENTERPRISE_lakeraAI_Moderation(CustomLogger):
         self.lakera_api_key = os.environ["LAKERA_API_KEY"]
         pass
 
+    async def should_proceed(self, data: dict) -> bool:
+        """
+        checks if this guardrail should be applied to this call
+        """
+        if "metadata" in data and isinstance(data["metadata"], dict):
+            if "guardrails" in data["metadata"]:
+                # if guardrails passed in metadata -> this is a list of guardrails the user wants to run on the call
+                if GUARDRAIL_NAME not in data["metadata"]["guardrails"]:
+                    return False
+
+        # in all other cases it should proceed
+        return True
+
     #### CALL HOOKS - proxy only ####
 
     async def async_moderation_hook(  ### 👈 KEY CHANGE ###
@@ -49,6 +64,10 @@ class _ENTERPRISE_lakeraAI_Moderation(CustomLogger):
         user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
         call_type: Literal["completion", "embeddings", "image_generation"],
     ):
+
+        if await self.should_proceed(data=data) is False:
+            return
+
         if "messages" in data and isinstance(data["messages"], list):
             text = ""
             for m in data["messages"]:  # assume messages is a list