diff --git a/litellm/router_utils/get_retry_from_policy.py b/litellm/router_utils/get_retry_from_policy.py
index ec326ebb50d..5ec7175c3a9 100644
--- a/litellm/router_utils/get_retry_from_policy.py
+++ b/litellm/router_utils/get_retry_from_policy.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from litellm.exceptions import (
     AuthenticationError,
     BadRequestError,
     ContentPolicyViolationError,
+    InternalServerError,
     RateLimitError,
     Timeout,
 )
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def get_num_retries_from_retry_policy(
     TimeoutErrorRetries: Optional[int] = None
     RateLimitErrorRetries: Optional[int] = None
     ContentPolicyViolationErrorRetries: Optional[int] = None
+    InternalServerErrorRetries: Optional[int] = None
     """
     # if we can find the exception then in the retry policy -> return the number of retries
 
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ def get_num_retries_from_retry_policy(
         and retry_policy.RateLimitErrorRetries is not None
     ):
         return retry_policy.RateLimitErrorRetries
+    if (
+        isinstance(exception, InternalServerError)
+        and retry_policy.InternalServerErrorRetries is not None
+    ):
+        return retry_policy.InternalServerErrorRetries
     if (
         isinstance(exception, ContentPolicyViolationError)
         and retry_policy.ContentPolicyViolationErrorRetries is not None
diff --git a/tests/litellm/router_utils/test_get_retry_from_policy.py b/tests/litellm/router_utils/test_get_retry_from_policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c8473333cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/litellm/router_utils/test_get_retry_from_policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""Unit tests for litellm.router_utils.get_retry_from_policy."""
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.router_utils.get_retry_from_policy import (
+    get_num_retries_from_retry_policy,
+)
+from litellm.types.router import RetryPolicy
+
+
+def test_internal_server_error_retries_is_honored():
+    """Regression: `InternalServerErrorRetries` must be returned for
+    `InternalServerError` exceptions. Previously the dispatcher had no
+    branch for this field and silently returned `None`, causing the
+    caller to fall back to `num_retries`."""
+    retry_policy = RetryPolicy(InternalServerErrorRetries=5)
+    exc = litellm.exceptions.InternalServerError(
+        message="test", llm_provider="openai", model="gpt-3.5-turbo"
+    )
+
+    num_retries = get_num_retries_from_retry_policy(
+        exception=exc, retry_policy=retry_policy
+    )
+
+    assert num_retries == 5
+
+
+def test_internal_server_error_retries_unset_returns_none():
+    """When the field is not set, the dispatcher should return `None`
+    so the caller falls back to `num_retries`."""
+    retry_policy = RetryPolicy()
+    exc = litellm.exceptions.InternalServerError(
+        message="test", llm_provider="openai", model="gpt-3.5-turbo"
+    )
+
+    num_retries = get_num_retries_from_retry_policy(
+        exception=exc, retry_policy=retry_policy
+    )
+
+    assert num_retries is None
diff --git a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
index 34a19f5ce79..68890e6ee4a 100644
--- a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
+++ b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
@@ -957,6 +957,7 @@ def test_track_deployment_metrics(model_list):
             "ContentPolicyViolationError",
             7,
         ),
+        (litellm.exceptions.InternalServerError, "InternalServerError", 5),
     ],
 )
 def test_get_num_retries_from_retry_policy(