diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/admin_ui_sso.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/admin_ui_sso.md
index 0438c264685..dba563a327b 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/admin_ui_sso.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/admin_ui_sso.md
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ GENERIC_INCLUDE_CLIENT_ID = "false" # some providers enforce that the client_id
 GENERIC_SCOPE = "openid profile email" # default scope openid is sometimes not enough to retrieve basic user info like first_name and last_name located in profile scope
 ```
 
+**Assigning User Roles via SSO**
+
+Use `GENERIC_USER_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE` to specify which attribute in the SSO token contains the user's role. The role value must be one of the following supported LiteLLM roles:
+
+- `proxy_admin` - Admin over the platform
+- `proxy_admin_viewer` - Can login, view all keys, view all spend (read-only)
+- `internal_user` - Can login, view/create/delete their own keys, view their spend
+- `internal_user_view_only` - Can login, view their own keys, view their own spend
+
+Nested attribute paths are supported (e.g., `claims.role` or `attributes.litellm_role`).
+
 - Set Redirect URI, if your provider requires it
     - Set a redirect url = `<your proxy base url>/sso/callback`
     ```shell
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
index fea797d9cc6..d1db21a2706 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ def generic_response_convertor(
         "GENERIC_USER_PROVIDER_ATTRIBUTE", "provider"
     )
 
+    generic_user_role_attribute_name = os.getenv(
+        "GENERIC_USER_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE", "role"
+    )
+
     verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
         f" generic_user_id_attribute_name: {generic_user_id_attribute_name}\n generic_user_email_attribute_name: {generic_user_email_attribute_name}"
     )
@@ -277,6 +281,17 @@ def generic_response_convertor(
     team_ids = jwt_handler.get_team_ids_from_jwt(cast(dict, response))
     all_teams.extend(team_ids)
 
+    # Extract user role from SSO response
+    user_role_from_sso = get_nested_value(response, generic_user_role_attribute_name)
+    user_role: Optional[LitellmUserRoles] = None
+    if user_role_from_sso is not None:
+        role = get_litellm_user_role(user_role_from_sso)
+        if role is not None:
+            user_role = role
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                f"Found valid LitellmUserRoles '{role.value}' from SSO attribute '{generic_user_role_attribute_name}'"
+            )
+
     return CustomOpenID(
         id=get_nested_value(response, generic_user_id_attribute_name),
         display_name=get_nested_value(
@@ -287,7 +302,7 @@ def generic_response_convertor(
         last_name=get_nested_value(response, generic_user_last_name_attribute_name),
         provider=get_nested_value(response, generic_provider_attribute_name),
         team_ids=all_teams,
-        user_role=None,
+        user_role=user_role,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
index 710d27e072c..500fc67de89 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
@@ -2438,6 +2438,70 @@ class TestGenericResponseConvertorNestedAttributes:
             assert result.display_name == "user-sub-123"  # Top-level attribute works
 
 
+class TestGenericResponseConvertorUserRole:
+    """Test generic_response_convertor user role extraction from SSO token"""
+
+    def test_generic_response_convertor_extracts_valid_user_role(self):
+        """
+        Test that generic_response_convertor extracts a valid LiteLLM user role
+        from the SSO token using the GENERIC_USER_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE env var.
+        """
+        from litellm.proxy._types import LitellmUserRoles
+        from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import generic_response_convertor
+
+        mock_jwt_handler = MagicMock(spec=JWTHandler)
+        mock_jwt_handler.get_team_ids_from_jwt.return_value = []
+
+        sso_response = {
+            "preferred_username": "testuser",
+            "email": "test@example.com",
+            "sub": "Test User",
+            "role": "proxy_admin",
+        }
+
+        with patch.dict(
+            os.environ,
+            {"GENERIC_USER_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE": "role"},
+        ):
+            result = generic_response_convertor(
+                response=sso_response,
+                jwt_handler=mock_jwt_handler,
+                sso_jwt_handler=None,
+            )
+
+            assert isinstance(result, CustomOpenID)
+            assert result.user_role == LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN
+
+    def test_generic_response_convertor_ignores_invalid_user_role(self):
+        """
+        Test that generic_response_convertor ignores invalid role values
+        and sets user_role to None.
+        """
+        from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import generic_response_convertor
+
+        mock_jwt_handler = MagicMock(spec=JWTHandler)
+        mock_jwt_handler.get_team_ids_from_jwt.return_value = []
+
+        sso_response = {
+            "preferred_username": "testuser",
+            "email": "test@example.com",
+            "role": "invalid_role_value",
+        }
+
+        with patch.dict(
+            os.environ,
+            {"GENERIC_USER_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE": "role"},
+        ):
+            result = generic_response_convertor(
+                response=sso_response,
+                jwt_handler=mock_jwt_handler,
+                sso_jwt_handler=None,
+            )
+
+            assert isinstance(result, CustomOpenID)
+            assert result.user_role is None
+
+
 class TestGetGenericSSORedirectParams:
     """Test _get_generic_sso_redirect_params state parameter priority handling"""