diff --git a/litellm/llms/huggingface/rerank/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/huggingface/rerank/transformation.py
index 1f130f84283..476e22fc088 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/huggingface/rerank/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/huggingface/rerank/transformation.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class HuggingFaceRerankConfig(BaseRerankConfig):
             "documents",
             "top_n",
             "return_documents",
+            "truncate",
+            "truncation_direction",
         ]
 
     def map_cohere_rerank_params(
@@ -104,6 +106,10 @@ class HuggingFaceRerankConfig(BaseRerankConfig):
                     optional_rerank_params["return_text"] = v
                 elif k == "top_n" and v is not None:
                     optional_rerank_params["top_n"] = v
+                elif k == "truncate" and isinstance(v, bool):
+                    optional_rerank_params["truncate"] = v
+                elif k == "truncation_direction" and v is not None:
+                    optional_rerank_params["truncation_direction"] = v
                 elif k == "documents" and v is not None:
                     optional_rerank_params["texts"] = v
                 elif k == "query" and v is not None:
@@ -151,7 +157,6 @@ class HuggingFaceRerankConfig(BaseRerankConfig):
         # HuggingFace API expects return_text parameter, corresponding to our return_documents parameter
         request_body: Final = {
             "raw_scores": False,
-            "truncate": False,
             "truncation_direction": "Right",
         }
 
diff --git a/litellm/types/rerank.py b/litellm/types/rerank.py
index 6d1ab85012b..5b1d7ef0a7b 100644
--- a/litellm/types/rerank.py
+++ b/litellm/types/rerank.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class OptionalRerankParams(TypedDict, total=False):
     max_chunks_per_doc: int | None
     max_tokens_per_doc: int | None
     instruction: str | None
+    truncate: ReadOnly[bool]
+    truncation_direction: ReadOnly[str | None]
     truncate_prompt_tokens: ReadOnly[int | None]
     truncation_side: ReadOnly[Literal["left", "right"] | None]
     max_tokens_per_query: ReadOnly[int | None]