diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/gemini.md b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/gemini.md
index 1803c3afac8..5d07a144514 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/gemini.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/gemini.md
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ response = completion(
 
 LiteLLM translates OpenAI's `reasoning_effort` to Gemini's `thinking` parameter. [Code](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/620664921902d7a9bfb29897a7b27c1a7ef4ddfb/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py#L362)
 
+Added an additional non-OpenAI standard "disable" value for non-reasoning Gemini requests.
+
 **Mapping**
 
 | reasoning_effort | thinking |
 | ---------------- | -------- |
+| "disable"        | "budget_tokens": 0    |
 | "low"            | "budget_tokens": 1024 |
 | "medium"         | "budget_tokens": 2048 |
 | "high"           | "budget_tokens": 4096 |
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/vertex.md b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/vertex.md
index df9049675a0..1d8e3085e3b 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/providers/vertex.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/providers/vertex.md
@@ -662,10 +662,13 @@ print(resp)
 
 LiteLLM translates OpenAI's `reasoning_effort` to Gemini's `thinking` parameter. [Code](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/620664921902d7a9bfb29897a7b27c1a7ef4ddfb/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py#L362)
 
+Added an additional non-OpenAI standard "disable" value for non-reasoning Gemini requests.
+
 **Mapping**
 
 | reasoning_effort | thinking |
 | ---------------- | -------- |
+| "disable"        | "budget_tokens": 0    |
 | "low"            | "budget_tokens": 1024 |
 | "medium"         | "budget_tokens": 2048 |
 | "high"           | "budget_tokens": 4096 |
diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 1cf5bef521b..48ea7d1a691 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ SINGLE_DEPLOYMENT_TRAFFIC_FAILURE_THRESHOLD = int(
     os.getenv("SINGLE_DEPLOYMENT_TRAFFIC_FAILURE_THRESHOLD", 1000)
 )  # Minimum number of requests to consider "reasonable traffic". Used for single-deployment cooldown logic.
 
+DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_DISABLE_THINKING_BUDGET = int(
+    os.getenv("DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_DISABLE_THINKING_BUDGET", 0)
+)
 DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_LOW_THINKING_BUDGET = int(
     os.getenv("DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_LOW_THINKING_BUDGET", 1024)
 )
diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
index b90dc98ccf7..ba86ecf6127 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import litellm.litellm_core_utils
 import litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging
 from litellm import verbose_logger
 from litellm.constants import (
+    DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_DISABLE_THINKING_BUDGET,
     DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_HIGH_THINKING_BUDGET,
     DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_LOW_THINKING_BUDGET,
     DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_MEDIUM_THINKING_BUDGET,
@@ -428,6 +429,11 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
                 "thinkingBudget": DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_HIGH_THINKING_BUDGET,
                 "includeThoughts": True,
             }
+        elif reasoning_effort == "disable":
+            return {
+                "thinkingBudget": DEFAULT_REASONING_EFFORT_DISABLE_THINKING_BUDGET,
+                "includeThoughts": False,
+            }
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid reasoning effort: {reasoning_effort}")