diff --git a/litellm/llms/cerebras/chat.py b/litellm/llms/cerebras/chat.py
index 9929e2ab9a2..e3a89cc95bb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/cerebras/chat.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/cerebras/chat.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class CerebrasConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
             "tool_choice",
             "tools",
             "user",
+            "max_retries",
+            "extra_headers",
         ]
 
         # Only add reasoning_effort for models that support it
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/cerebras/__init__.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/cerebras/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/cerebras/test_cerebras_chat.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/cerebras/test_cerebras_chat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e72664ede18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/cerebras/test_cerebras_chat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.llms.cerebras.chat import CerebrasConfig
+
+
+class TestCerebrasConfig:
+    def test_get_supported_openai_params_includes_max_retries(self):
+        config = CerebrasConfig()
+        params = config.get_supported_openai_params(model="cerebras/llama-4-scout-17b-16e")
+        assert "max_retries" in params
+
+    def test_get_supported_openai_params_includes_extra_headers(self):
+        config = CerebrasConfig()
+        params = config.get_supported_openai_params(model="cerebras/llama-4-scout-17b-16e")
+        assert "extra_headers" in params
+
+    def test_map_openai_params_passes_through_max_retries(self):
+        config = CerebrasConfig()
+        result = config.map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"max_retries": 0},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="cerebras/llama-4-scout-17b-16e",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+        assert result["max_retries"] == 0
+
+    def test_map_openai_params_passes_through_extra_headers(self):
+        config = CerebrasConfig()
+        headers = {"X-Custom": "value"}
+        result = config.map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"extra_headers": headers},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="cerebras/llama-4-scout-17b-16e",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+        assert result["extra_headers"] == headers