diff --git a/litellm/proxy/middleware/prometheus_auth_middleware.py b/litellm/proxy/middleware/prometheus_auth_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae2481384b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/middleware/prometheus_auth_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""
+Prometheus Auth Middleware
+"""
+from fastapi import Request
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
+
+
+class PrometheusAuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
+        # Check if this is a request to the metrics endpoint
+
+        if self._is_prometheus_metrics_endpoint(request):
+            try:
+                await user_api_key_auth(
+                    request=request, api_key=request.headers.get("Authorization") or ""
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise e
+
+        # Process the request and get the response
+        response = await call_next(request)
+
+        return response
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_prometheus_metrics_endpoint(request: Request):
+        try:
+            if "/metrics" in request.url.path:
+                return True
+            return False
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _should_run_auth_on_metrics_endpoint():
+        return litellm.require_auth_for_metrics_endpoint
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 1d2eab31c4..32fa4e8f52 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import (
 )
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import router as ui_sso_router
 from litellm.proxy.management_helpers.audit_logs import create_audit_log_for_update
+from litellm.proxy.middleware.prometheus_auth_middleware import PrometheusAuthMiddleware
 from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.files_endpoints import (
     router as openai_files_router,
 )
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
+app.add_middleware(PrometheusAuthMiddleware)
 
 from typing import Dict