diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de1c7598f..b03bc895b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ deploy/charts/litellm/*.tgz
 deploy/charts/litellm/charts/*
 deploy/charts/*.tgz
 litellm/proxy/vertex_key.json
+**/.vim/
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm/Chart.yaml
index 6ecdebb50..cc08a9921 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm/Chart.yaml
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
     version: ">=13.3.0"
     repository: oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts
     condition: db.deployStandalone
+  - name: redis
+    version: ">=18.0.0"
+    repository: oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts 
+    condition: redis.enabled
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index b8893d07c..fa563fadc 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -60,3 +60,11 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Get redis service name
+*/}}
+{{- define "litellm.redis.serviceName" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-headless" (default "redis" .Values.redis.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-") -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6ed112dac..bc2a0bd09 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: {{ include "litellm.fullname" . }}-masterkey
                   key: masterkey
+            {{- if .Values.redis.enabled }}
+            - name: REDIS_HOST
+              value: {{ template "litellm.redis.serviceName" . }}
+            - name: REDIS_PORT
+              value: {{ if .Values.redis.sentinel.enabled }}{{ .Values.redis.sentinel.service.ports.sentinel }}{{ else }}{{ .Values.redis.master.service.ports.redis}}{{ end }}
+            - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "redis.secretName" . }}
+                  key: {{include "redis.secretPasswordKey" . }}
+            {{- end }}
           envFrom:
           {{- range .Values.environmentSecrets }}
             - secretRef:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm/values.yaml
index 1b83fe801..9b697b013 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm/values.yaml
@@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ postgresql:
     # existingSecret: ""
     # secretKeys:
     #   userPasswordKey: password
+
+# requires cache: true in config file
+# either enable this or pass a secret for REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_PASSWORD or REDIS_URL
+# with cache: true to use existing redis instance
+redis:
+  enabled: false