diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/token_counter.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/token_counter.py
index 89249ec42f0..8962574b90e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/token_counter.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/token_counter.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class AnthropicTokenCounter(BaseTokenCounter):
                 model=model_to_use,
                 messages=messages,
                 api_key=api_key,
+                api_base=litellm_params.get("api_base", None)
                 tools=tools,
                 system=system,
             )