diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 6237e67f6af..9c25cf77906 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -84,9 +84,18 @@ MAX_MCP_SEMANTIC_FILTER_TOOLS_HEADER_LENGTH = int(
 )
 
 # MCP OAuth2 Client Credentials Defaults
-MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS = 60
-MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = 200
-MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL = 3600
+MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS = int(
+    os.getenv("MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS", "60")
+)
+MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = int(
+    os.getenv("MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MAX_SIZE", "200")
+)
+MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL = int(
+    os.getenv("MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL", "3600")
+)
+MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MIN_TTL = int(
+    os.getenv("MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MIN_TTL", "10")
+)
 
 LITELLM_UI_ALLOW_HEADERS = [
     "x-litellm-semantic-filter",
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
index 10856267fea..ebe71270563 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/oauth2_token_cache.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from litellm.caching.in_memory_cache import InMemoryCache
 from litellm.constants import (
     MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL,
     MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MAX_SIZE,
+    MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MIN_TTL,
     MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS,
 )
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import get_async_httpx_client
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class MCPOAuth2TokenCache(InMemoryCache):
             )
 
         expires_in = int(body.get("expires_in", 3600))
-        ttl = max(expires_in - MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS, 0)
+        ttl = max(expires_in - MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_EXPIRY_BUFFER_SECONDS, MCP_OAUTH2_TOKEN_CACHE_MIN_TTL)
 
         verbose_logger.info(
             "Fetched OAuth2 token for MCP server %s (expires in %ds)",
diff --git a/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_e2e.sh b/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_e2e.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..edeffd93fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_e2e.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# E2E test for OAuth2 client_credentials MCP flow
+# Usage: bash tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_e2e.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+MOCK_PORT=8765
+PROXY_PORT=4000
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+CONFIG="$SCRIPT_DIR/test_oauth2_mcp_config.yaml"
+MOCK_SERVER="$SCRIPT_DIR/mock_oauth2_mcp_server.py"
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "=== Cleaning up ==="
+    kill "$MOCK_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
+    kill "$PROXY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
+    wait "$MOCK_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
+    wait "$PROXY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "Done."
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# ── 1. Start mock OAuth2 MCP server ──────────────────────────────────────────
+echo "=== Starting mock OAuth2 MCP server on :$MOCK_PORT ==="
+python "$MOCK_SERVER" &
+MOCK_PID=$!
+sleep 2
+
+# Quick smoke test on the token endpoint
+TOKEN_RESP=$(curl -sf http://localhost:$MOCK_PORT/oauth/token \
+  -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=test-client&client_secret=test-secret")
+echo "Token endpoint OK: $TOKEN_RESP"
+
+
+# ── 3. List tools ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Request 1: List MCP tools ==="
+curl -s http://localhost:$PROXY_PORT/mcp-rest/tools/list \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" | python3 -m json.tool
+
+# ── 4. Call the echo tool ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Request 2: Call echo tool ==="
+# Get the server_id from health endpoint
+SERVER_ID=$(curl -s http://localhost:$PROXY_PORT/v1/mcp/server/health \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)[0]['server_id'])")
+
+curl -s http://localhost:$PROXY_PORT/mcp-rest/tools/call \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
+  -d "{\"name\": \"echo\", \"arguments\": {\"message\": \"Hello from OAuth2 client_credentials\"}, \"server_id\": \"$SERVER_ID\"}" | python3 -m json.tool
+
+# ── 5. Call again (uses cached token) ────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Request 3: Call echo again (cached token) ==="
+curl -s http://localhost:$PROXY_PORT/mcp-rest/tools/call \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
+  -d "{\"name\": \"echo\", \"arguments\": {\"message\": \"Second call - token should be cached\"}, \"server_id\": \"$SERVER_ID\"}" | python3 -m json.tool
+
+# ── 6. Show OAuth2-specific proxy logs ───────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Proxy OAuth2 logs ==="
+grep -E "(Fetching OAuth2|Fetched OAuth2)" /tmp/litellm_oauth2_test.log || echo "(no OAuth2 log lines found)"
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== All requests succeeded ==="
diff --git a/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_mcp_config.yaml b/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_mcp_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2704c5fe71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mcp_tests/test_oauth2_mcp_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+model_list:
+  - model_name: fake-model
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/fake
+      api_key: fake-key
+
+mcp_servers:
+  test_oauth2_server:
+    url: "http://localhost:8765/mcp"
+    transport: "http"
+    auth_type: "oauth2"
+    client_id: "test-client"
+    client_secret: "test-secret"
+    token_url: "http://localhost:8765/oauth/token"
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_oauth2_token_cache.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_oauth2_token_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e0f78df605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_oauth2_token_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""
+Core tests for MCP OAuth2 machine-to-machine (client_credentials) token management.
+
+Covers the critical path: resolve_mcp_auth(), token caching, auth priority,
+fallback to static token, and the skip-condition property.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import time
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache import (
+    MCPOAuth2TokenCache,
+    resolve_mcp_auth,
+)
+from litellm.proxy._types import MCPTransport
+from litellm.types.mcp import MCPAuth
+from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer
+
+
+def _server(**overrides) -> MCPServer:
+    defaults = dict(
+        server_id="srv-1",
+        name="test",
+        url="https://mcp.example.com/mcp",
+        transport=MCPTransport.http,
+        auth_type=MCPAuth.oauth2,
+        client_id="cid",
+        client_secret="csec",
+        token_url="https://auth.example.com/token",
+    )
+    defaults.update(overrides)
+    return MCPServer(**defaults)
+
+
+def _token_response(token="tok-abc", expires_in=3600):
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.json.return_value = {
+        "access_token": token,
+        "token_type": "bearer",
+        "expires_in": expires_in,
+    }
+    resp.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+    return resp
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_mcp_auth_fetches_oauth2_token():
+    """resolve_mcp_auth fetches a token via client_credentials when the server has OAuth2 config."""
+    server = _server()
+    mock_client = AsyncMock()
+    mock_client.post.return_value = _token_response("m2m-token-1")
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.get_async_httpx_client",
+        return_value=mock_client,
+    ):
+        result = await resolve_mcp_auth(server)
+
+    assert result == "m2m-token-1"
+    mock_client.post.assert_called_once()
+    post_data = mock_client.post.call_args[1]["data"]
+    assert post_data["grant_type"] == "client_credentials"
+    assert post_data["client_id"] == "cid"
+    assert post_data["client_secret"] == "csec"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_token_cached_across_calls():
+    """Second resolve_mcp_auth call reuses the cached token — only 1 HTTP POST."""
+    cache = MCPOAuth2TokenCache()
+    server = _server()
+    mock_client = AsyncMock()
+    mock_client.post.return_value = _token_response("cached-tok")
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.get_async_httpx_client",
+        return_value=mock_client,
+    ), patch(
+        "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth2_token_cache.mcp_oauth2_token_cache",
+        cache,
+    ):
+        t1 = await resolve_mcp_auth(server)
+        t2 = await resolve_mcp_auth(server)
+
+    assert t1 == t2 == "cached-tok"
+    assert mock_client.post.call_count == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_per_request_header_beats_oauth2():
+    """An explicit mcp_auth_header takes priority over the OAuth2 token."""
+    server = _server()
+    result = await resolve_mcp_auth(server, mcp_auth_header="Bearer user-tok")
+    assert result == "Bearer user-tok"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_falls_back_to_static_token():
+    """When no client_credentials config, resolve_mcp_auth returns the static authentication_token."""
+    server = _server(
+        client_id=None,
+        client_secret=None,
+        token_url=None,
+        authentication_token="static-tok-xyz",
+    )
+    result = await resolve_mcp_auth(server)
+    assert result == "static-tok-xyz"
+
+
+def test_needs_user_oauth_token_property():
+    """needs_user_oauth_token is True only for OAuth2 servers WITHOUT client_credentials."""
+    # OAuth2 with credentials → M2M, no user token needed
+    assert _server().needs_user_oauth_token is False
+
+    # OAuth2 without credentials → needs per-user token
+    assert _server(client_id=None, client_secret=None, token_url=None).needs_user_oauth_token is True
+
+    # Non-OAuth2 → never needs user OAuth token
+    assert _server(auth_type=MCPAuth.bearer_token).needs_user_oauth_token is False