diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index a8101181c..53c59ff8a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ model_list:
 #     max_budget: os.environ/LITELLM_UPPERBOUND_KEYS_MAX_BUDGET
 
 router_settings:
-  routing_strategy: usage-based-routing-v2 
+  # routing_strategy: usage-based-routing-v2 
   # redis_url: "os.environ/REDIS_URL"
   redis_host: os.environ/REDIS_HOST
   redis_port: os.environ/REDIS_PORT
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 9dcff6f3d..fda53eb4f 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -2802,6 +2802,7 @@ class Router:
         """
         if (
             self.routing_strategy != "usage-based-routing-v2"
+            and self.routing_strategy != "simple-shuffle"
         ):  # prevent regressions for other routing strategies, that don't have async get available deployments implemented.
             return self.get_available_deployment(
                 model=model,
@@ -2852,6 +2853,25 @@ class Router:
                 messages=messages,
                 input=input,
             )
+        elif self.routing_strategy == "simple-shuffle":
+            # if users pass rpm or tpm, we do a random weighted pick - based on rpm/tpm
+            ############## Check if we can do a RPM/TPM based weighted pick #################
+            rpm = healthy_deployments[0].get("litellm_params").get("rpm", None)
+            if rpm is not None:
+                # use weight-random pick if rpms provided
+                rpms = [m["litellm_params"].get("rpm", 0) for m in healthy_deployments]
+                verbose_router_logger.debug(f"\nrpms {rpms}")
+                total_rpm = sum(rpms)
+                weights = [rpm / total_rpm for rpm in rpms]
+                verbose_router_logger.debug(f"\n weights {weights}")
+                # Perform weighted random pick
+                selected_index = random.choices(range(len(rpms)), weights=weights)[0]
+                verbose_router_logger.debug(f"\n selected index, {selected_index}")
+                deployment = healthy_deployments[selected_index]
+                verbose_router_logger.info(
+                    f"get_available_deployment for model: {model}, Selected deployment: {self.print_deployment(deployment) or deployment[0]} for model: {model}"
+                )
+                return deployment or deployment[0]
 
         if deployment is None:
             verbose_router_logger.info(