diff --git a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
index 4d7e164136d..51d9d34c956 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/_health_endpoints.py
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ _CONFIG_CONNECTION_FIELDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
 
 
 def _config_base_for_health_check(
-    config_params: Mapping[str, object], request_params: Mapping[str, object]
+    config_params: Mapping[str, object],
+    request_params: Mapping[str, object],
+    allow_client_side_credentials: bool = False,
 ) -> dict[str, object]:
     """Return the configured parameters to merge under a connection-test request.
 
@@ -112,7 +114,14 @@ def _config_base_for_health_check(
     to the endpoint the configuration names. Anything the request does not set
     still comes from the configuration, which is what lets a request name a
     configured model and test it as configured.
+
+    ``general_settings.allow_client_side_credentials`` is the existing proxy-wide
+    opt-in for callers supplying their own connection parameters. Where an admin
+    has enabled it, a request may pair its own endpoint with the configured
+    credentials, as it could before.
     """
+    if allow_client_side_credentials:
+        return dict(config_params)
     if not any(param in request_params for param in _BANNED_REQUEST_BODY_PARAMS):
         return dict(config_params)
     return {key: value for key, value in config_params.items() if key not in _CONFIG_CONNECTION_FIELDS}
@@ -1830,7 +1839,12 @@ async def test_model_connection(
     from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.model_management_endpoints import (
         ModelManagementAuthChecks,
     )
-    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import llm_router, premium_user, prisma_client
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import (
+        general_settings,
+        llm_router,
+        premium_user,
+        prisma_client,
+    )
     from litellm.types.router import Deployment, LiteLLM_Params
 
     try:
@@ -1900,7 +1914,11 @@ async def test_model_connection(
 
         # Merge: config params (from proxy config) as base, request params override
         litellm_params = {
-            **_config_base_for_health_check(config_litellm_params, request_litellm_params),
+            **_config_base_for_health_check(
+                config_litellm_params,
+                request_litellm_params,
+                allow_client_side_credentials=general_settings.get("allow_client_side_credentials") is True,
+            ),
             **request_litellm_params,
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
index 21a3e80de02..cef2e643194 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/health_endpoints/test_health_endpoints.py
@@ -2379,12 +2379,14 @@ class TestConfigBaseForHealthCheck:
         "rpm": 100,
     }
 
-    def _base(self, config, request):
+    def _base(self, config, request, allow_client_side_credentials=False):
         from litellm.proxy.health_endpoints._health_endpoints import (
             _config_base_for_health_check,
         )
 
-        return _config_base_for_health_check(config, request)
+        return _config_base_for_health_check(
+            config, request, allow_client_side_credentials=allow_client_side_credentials
+        )
 
     def test_request_without_connection_fields_inherits_config(self):
         base = self._base(self.CONFIG, {"model": "openai/gpt-4o"})
@@ -2426,3 +2428,13 @@ class TestConfigBaseForHealthCheck:
         )
         assert "api_key" not in base
         assert "aws_secret_access_key" not in base
+
+    def test_opt_in_restores_configured_credentials_under_a_request_endpoint(self):
+        """With general_settings.allow_client_side_credentials enabled, a request
+        may pair its own endpoint with the configured credentials, as before."""
+        base = self._base(
+            self.CONFIG,
+            {"api_base": "https://caller.example/v1"},
+            allow_client_side_credentials=True,
+        )
+        assert base["api_key"] == "sk-configured"