diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 56fc298ae..80bc2b1cb 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ class ProxyConfig:
                         )
                         print()  # noqa
 
+                    # users can pass os.environ/ variables on the proxy - we should read them from the env
+                    for key, value in cache_params.items():
+                        if value.startswith("os.environ/"):
+                            cache_params[key] = litellm.get_secret(value)
+
                     ## to pass a complete url, or set ssl=True, etc. just set it as `os.environ[REDIS_URL] = <your-redis-url>`, _redis.py checks for REDIS specific environment variables
                     litellm.cache = Cache(**cache_params)
                     print(  # noqa
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_cloudflare_azure_with_cache_config.yaml b/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_cloudflare_azure_with_cache_config.yaml
index 839891a1d..c19caaf48 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_cloudflare_azure_with_cache_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_cloudflare_azure_with_cache_config.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ litellm_settings:
   cache_params:        # set cache params for s3
     type: s3
     s3_bucket_name: cache-bucket-litellm   # AWS Bucket Name for S3
-    s3_region_name: us-west-2              # AWS Region Name for S3
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+    s3_region_name: us-west-2              # AWS Region Name for S3
+    s3_aws_access_key_id: os.environ/AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID  # AWS Access Key ID for S3
+    s3_aws_secret_access_key: os.environ/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY  # AWS Secret Access Key for S3
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