diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index 0186907a6..d9a5f0a44 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class MaskedHTTPStatusError(httpx.HTTPStatusError):
             response=httpx.Response(
                 status_code=original_error.response.status_code,
                 content=original_error.response.content,
+                headers=original_error.response.headers,
             ),
         )
         self.message = message
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_exceptions.py b/tests/local_testing/test_exceptions.py
index 67c36928f..18f732378 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_exceptions.py
@@ -1146,7 +1146,9 @@ async def test_exception_with_headers_httpx(
 
         except litellm.RateLimitError as e:
             exception_raised = True
-            assert e.litellm_response_headers is not None
+            assert (
+                e.litellm_response_headers is not None
+            ), "litellm_response_headers is None"
             print("e.litellm_response_headers", e.litellm_response_headers)
             assert int(e.litellm_response_headers["retry-after"]) == cooldown_time