diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_initializers.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_initializers.py
index 0d23e19f88d..b377b272e5b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_initializers.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_initializers.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def initialize_bedrock(litellm_params: LitellmParams, guardrail: Guardrail):
         aws_role_name=litellm_params.aws_role_name,
         aws_web_identity_token=litellm_params.aws_web_identity_token,
         aws_sts_endpoint=litellm_params.aws_sts_endpoint,
+        aws_external_id=litellm_params.aws_external_id,
         aws_bedrock_runtime_endpoint=litellm_params.aws_bedrock_runtime_endpoint,
         experimental_use_latest_role_message_only=litellm_params.experimental_use_latest_role_message_only,
         only_scan_new_messages=litellm_params.only_scan_new_messages or False,
diff --git a/litellm/types/guardrails.py b/litellm/types/guardrails.py
index c7cdfaad780..ed2ec3d86f8 100644
--- a/litellm/types/guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/types/guardrails.py
@@ -496,6 +496,10 @@ class BedrockGuardrailConfigModel(BaseModel):
     aws_role_name: str | None = Field(default=None, description="AWS role name for assuming roles")
     aws_web_identity_token: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Web identity token for AWS role assumption")
     aws_sts_endpoint: str | None = Field(default=None, description="AWS STS endpoint URL")
+    aws_external_id: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="ExternalId sent on sts:AssumeRole, for target roles whose trust policy requires one",
+    )
     aws_bedrock_runtime_endpoint: str | None = Field(default=None, description="AWS Bedrock runtime endpoint URL")
     checks: BedrockChecksConfigModel | None = Field(
         default=None,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_init_guardrails.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_init_guardrails.py
index 82363302d2e..8cf881fa037 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_init_guardrails.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_init_guardrails.py
@@ -70,6 +70,40 @@ def test_initialize_bedrock_forwards_chunk_budget_chars():
     assert initialized[-1].chunk_budget_chars == 60_000
 
 
+def test_initialize_bedrock_forwards_aws_external_id():
+    """Regression: `aws_external_id` set in config.yaml must reach the guardrail.
+
+    Cross-account roles whose trust policy requires an ExternalId could not be assumed by the
+    bedrock guardrail, because the config field was dropped before the sts:AssumeRole call.
+    """
+    import litellm
+    from litellm.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_hooks.bedrock_guardrails import BedrockGuardrail
+
+    test_guardrail = {
+        "guardrail_name": "test_bedrock_external_id",
+        "litellm_params": {
+            "guardrail": SupportedGuardrailIntegrations.BEDROCK.value,
+            "mode": "pre_call",
+            "guardrailIdentifier": "test-guardrail",
+            "guardrailVersion": "DRAFT",
+            "aws_region_name": "us-east-1",
+            "aws_role_name": "arn:aws:iam::999999999999:role/litellm-guardrail",
+            "aws_external_id": "external-id-from-config",
+        },
+    }
+
+    guardrail_handler = InMemoryGuardrailHandler()
+    guardrail_handler.initialize_guardrail(guardrail=test_guardrail)
+
+    initialized = [
+        callback
+        for callback in litellm.callbacks
+        if isinstance(callback, BedrockGuardrail) and callback.guardrail_name == "test_bedrock_external_id"
+    ]
+    assert initialized, "bedrock guardrail was not registered as a callback"
+    assert initialized[-1].optional_params["aws_external_id"] == "external-id-from-config"
+
+
 def test_initialize_guardrail_preserves_guardrail_info():
     """
     Regression (LIT-2529): initialize_guardrail must carry guardrail_info into the