diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index baca826804..c150534110 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -874,6 +874,11 @@ async def can_key_call_model(
 
     verbose_proxy_logger.debug(f"model: {model}; allowed_models: {filtered_models}")
 
+    if _model_matches_any_wildcard_pattern_in_list(
+        model=model, allowed_model_list=filtered_models
+    ):
+        return True
+
     all_model_access: bool = False
 
     if (
@@ -1076,9 +1081,8 @@ def _team_model_access_check(
             pass
         elif model and "*" in model:
             pass
-        elif any(
-            is_model_allowed_by_pattern(model=model, allowed_model_pattern=team_model)
-            for team_model in team_object.models
+        elif _model_matches_any_wildcard_pattern_in_list(
+            model=model, allowed_model_list=team_object.models
         ):
             pass
         else:
@@ -1104,3 +1108,23 @@ def is_model_allowed_by_pattern(model: str, allowed_model_pattern: str) -> bool:
         return bool(re.match(pattern, model))
 
     return False
+
+
+def _model_matches_any_wildcard_pattern_in_list(
+    model: str, allowed_model_list: list
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Returns True if a model matches any wildcard pattern in a list.
+
+    eg.
+    - model=`bedrock/us.amazon.nova-micro-v1:0`, allowed_models=`bedrock/*` returns True
+    - model=`bedrock/us.amazon.nova-micro-v1:0`, allowed_models=`bedrock/us.*` returns True
+    - model=`bedrockzzzz/us.amazon.nova-micro-v1:0`, allowed_models=`bedrock/*` returns False
+    """
+    return any(
+        "*" in allowed_model_pattern
+        and is_model_allowed_by_pattern(
+            model=model, allowed_model_pattern=allowed_model_pattern
+        )
+        for allowed_model_pattern in allowed_model_list
+    )
diff --git a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
index 68ab5cae6e..85b5b216a5 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ async def test_handle_failed_db_connection():
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model, expect_to_work",
-    [("openai/gpt-4o-mini", True), ("openai/gpt-4o", False)],
+    [
+        ("openai/gpt-4o-mini", True),
+        ("openai/gpt-4o", False),
+    ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_can_key_call_model(model, expect_to_work):
@@ -212,6 +215,82 @@ async def test_can_team_call_model(model, expect_to_work):
         assert not model_in_access_group(**args)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "key_models, model, expect_to_work",
+    [
+        (["openai/*"], "openai/gpt-4o", True),
+        (["openai/*"], "openai/gpt-4o-mini", True),
+        (["openai/*"], "openaiz/gpt-4o-mini", False),
+        (["bedrock/*"], "bedrock/anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620", True),
+        (["bedrock/*"], "bedrockz/anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620", False),
+        (["bedrock/us.*"], "bedrock/us.amazon.nova-micro-v1:0", True),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_can_key_call_model_wildcard_access(key_models, model, expect_to_work):
+    from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import can_key_call_model
+    from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+    llm_model_list = [
+        {
+            "model_name": "openai/*",
+            "litellm_params": {
+                "model": "openai/*",
+                "api_key": "test-api-key",
+            },
+            "model_info": {
+                "id": "e6e7006f83029df40ebc02ddd068890253f4cd3092bcb203d3d8e6f6f606f30f",
+                "db_model": False,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "model_name": "bedrock/*",
+            "litellm_params": {
+                "model": "bedrock/*",
+                "api_key": "test-api-key",
+            },
+            "model_info": {
+                "id": "e6e7006f83029df40ebc02ddd068890253f4cd3092bcb203d3d8e6f6f606f30f",
+                "db_model": False,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "model_name": "openai/gpt-4o",
+            "litellm_params": {
+                "model": "openai/gpt-4o",
+                "api_key": "test-api-key",
+            },
+            "model_info": {
+                "id": "0cfcd87f2cb12a783a466888d05c6c89df66db23e01cecd75ec0b83aed73c9ad",
+                "db_model": False,
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+    router = litellm.Router(model_list=llm_model_list)
+
+    user_api_key_object = UserAPIKeyAuth(
+        models=key_models,
+    )
+
+    if expect_to_work:
+        await can_key_call_model(
+            model=model,
+            llm_model_list=llm_model_list,
+            valid_token=user_api_key_object,
+            llm_router=router,
+        )
+    else:
+        with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
+            await can_key_call_model(
+                model=model,
+                llm_model_list=llm_model_list,
+                valid_token=user_api_key_object,
+                llm_router=router,
+            )
+
+            print(e)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_is_valid_fallback_model():
     from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import is_valid_fallback_model