diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_caching.py b/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
index a272d2dcf..a82d7bc8e 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
@@ -837,6 +837,52 @@ async def test_redis_cache_cluster_init_unit_test():
         raise e
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_redis_cache_cluster_init_with_env_vars_unit_test():
+    try:
+        import json
+
+        from redis.asyncio import RedisCluster as AsyncRedisCluster
+        from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
+
+        from litellm.caching import RedisCache
+
+        litellm.set_verbose = True
+
+        # List of startup nodes
+        startup_nodes = [
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7001"},
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7003"},
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7004"},
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7005"},
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7006"},
+            {"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7007"},
+        ]
+
+        # set startup nodes in environment variables
+        os.environ["REDIS_CLUSTER_NODES"] = json.dumps(startup_nodes)
+
+        # unser REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_PASSWORD
+        os.environ.pop("REDIS_HOST", None)
+        os.environ.pop("REDIS_PORT", None)
+        os.environ.pop("REDIS_PASSWORD", None)
+
+        resp = RedisCache()
+        print("response from redis cache", resp)
+        assert isinstance(resp.redis_client, RedisCluster)
+        assert isinstance(resp.init_async_client(), AsyncRedisCluster)
+
+        resp = litellm.Cache(type="redis")
+
+        assert isinstance(resp.cache, RedisCache)
+        assert isinstance(resp.cache.redis_client, RedisCluster)
+        assert isinstance(resp.cache.init_async_client(), AsyncRedisCluster)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"{str(e)}\n\n{traceback.format_exc()}")
+        raise e
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_redis_cache_acompletion_stream():
     try: