diff --git a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/common_utils.py
index 293403b133..0914af8c9a 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/common_utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ class FireworksAIMixin:
     def get_error_class(
         self, error_message: str, status_code: int, headers: Union[dict, Headers]
     ) -> BaseLLMException:
+        # Check if it's a rate limit error (status code 429)
+        if status_code == 429:
+            from litellm.exceptions import RateLimitError
+            return RateLimitError(
+                message=f"Fireworks_aiException - {error_message}",
+                llm_provider="fireworks_ai",
+                model="",  # This will be set later in the exception mapping
+                response=None,  # This will be set later in the exception mapping
+            )
         return FireworksAIException(
             status_code=status_code,
             message=error_message,
diff --git a/tests/test_fireworks_ai/test_fireworks_ai_exceptions.py b/tests/test_fireworks_ai/test_fireworks_ai_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..119c6c2400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_fireworks_ai/test_fireworks_ai_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+import httpx
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.llms.fireworks_ai.common_utils import FireworksAIMixin
+from litellm.exceptions import RateLimitError, BadRequestError
+
+
+class TestFireworksAIExceptions(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.fireworks_mixin = FireworksAIMixin()
+
+    def test_rate_limit_error(self):
+        """Test that a 429 error is properly translated to a RateLimitError"""
+        error_message = "server overloaded, please try again later"
+        status_code = 429
+        headers = {}
+
+        exception = self.fireworks_mixin.get_error_class(
+            error_message=error_message,
+            status_code=status_code,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(exception, RateLimitError)
+        self.assertEqual(exception.llm_provider, "fireworks_ai")
+        self.assertIn("Fireworks_aiException", exception.message)
+        self.assertIn(error_message, exception.message)
+
+    def test_bad_request_error(self):
+        """Test that a 400 error is properly translated to a FireworksAIException"""
+        error_message = "Invalid request"
+        status_code = 400
+        headers = {}
+
+        exception = self.fireworks_mixin.get_error_class(
+            error_message=error_message,
+            status_code=status_code,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(exception.status_code, 400)
+        self.assertEqual(exception.message, error_message)
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