diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fc8d847f1..6d75b8ea56 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ types-cachetools = "^6.0.0.20250525"
 limits = "^5.5.0"
 
 
+
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 ipython = "^8.26.0"
 mypy = "^1.16.0"
diff --git a/src/parlant/adapters/nlp/litellm_service.py b/src/parlant/adapters/nlp/litellm_service.py
index d71dfaf826..02763920d4 100644
--- a/src/parlant/adapters/nlp/litellm_service.py
+++ b/src/parlant/adapters/nlp/litellm_service.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# Maintainer: Chibuike Mba <chibuike.mba@kemonai.com>
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 import time
 from typing import Any, Mapping
@@ -120,6 +122,12 @@ async def _do_generate(
             k: v for k, v in hints.items() if k in self.supported_litellm_params
         }
 
+
+        # The base URL for the LiteLLM provider API
+        litellm_provider_url = os.environ.get("LITELLM_PROVIDER_URL")
+        if litellm_provider_url:
+            litellm_api_arguments["api_base"] = litellm_provider_url
+
         t_start = time.time()
 
         response = self._client.completion(
diff --git a/src/parlant/bin/server.py b/src/parlant/bin/server.py
index bef94574df..7f9a0e5dcf 100755
--- a/src/parlant/bin/server.py
+++ b/src/parlant/bin/server.py
@@ -1081,7 +1081,8 @@ def transform_and_exec_help(command: str) -> None:
     @click.option(
         "--litellm",
         is_flag=True,
-        help="""Run with LiteLLM. The following environment variables must be set: LITELLM_PROVIDER_MODEL_NAME, LITELLM_PROVIDER_API_KEY.
+        help="""Run with LiteLLM. The following environment variables must be set: LITELLM_PROVIDER_MODEL_NAME, LITELLM_PROVIDER_API_KEY. 
+                You should also set LITELLM_PROVIDER_URL if you're using self hosted llm supported by LiteLLM.
                 Check this link https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/providers for additional environment variables required for your provider,
                 set them and install the extra package parlant[litellm].""",
         default=False,