diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 9e1230c38..64c17b300 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -5409,6 +5409,25 @@ async def generate_key_fn(
         response["soft_budget"] = (
             data.soft_budget
         )  # include the user-input soft budget in the response
+        event = WebhookEvent(
+            event="key_created",
+            event_group="key",
+            event_message=f"API Key Created",
+            token=response.get("token", None),
+            spend=response.get("spend", 0.0),
+            max_budget=response.get("max_budget", "Unlimited"),
+            user_id=response.get("user_id", None),
+            team_id=response.get("team_id", "Default Team"),
+            key_alias=response.get("key_alias", None),
+        )
+
+        # If user configured email alerting - send an Email letting their end-user know the key was created
+        asyncio.create_task(
+            proxy_logging_obj.slack_alerting_instance.send_key_created_email(
+                webhook_event=event,
+            )
+        )
+
         return GenerateKeyResponse(**response)
     except Exception as e:
         traceback.print_exc()
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 11470bcda..7eec25437 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from litellm.proxy._types import (
     LiteLLM_TeamTable,
     Member,
     CallInfo,
+    WebhookEvent,
 )
 from litellm.caching import DualCache, RedisCache
 from litellm.router import Deployment, ModelInfo, LiteLLM_Params