diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index ae1c8d18af..390c215ce6 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import (
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.credential_accessor import CredentialAccessor
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObj
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
+from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.tool_registry import (
+    global_mcp_tool_registry,
+)
 from litellm.proxy._types import *
 from litellm.proxy.analytics_endpoints.analytics_endpoints import (
     router as analytics_router,
@@ -2153,6 +2156,11 @@ class ProxyConfig:
                 all_guardrails=guardrails_v2, config_file_path=config_file_path
             )
 
+        ## MCP TOOLS
+        mcp_tools_config = config.get("mcp_tools", None)
+        if mcp_tools_config:
+            global_mcp_tool_registry.load_tools_from_config(mcp_tools_config)
+
         ## CREDENTIALS
         credential_list_dict = self.load_credential_list(config=config)
         litellm.credential_list = credential_list_dict