diff --git a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/generic_guardrail_api.py b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/generic_guardrail_api.py
index 4a868c48352..8e9d8dae6a9 100644
--- a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/generic_guardrail_api.py
+++ b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/generic_guardrail_api.py
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ class GenericGuardrailAPIConfigModel(
 ):
     """Configuration parameters for the Generic Guardrail API guardrail"""
 
+    api_base: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=(
+            "Base URL of the guardrail service implementing the LiteLLM Basic Guardrail API spec; "
+            "LiteLLM appends /beta/litellm_basic_guardrail_api to it. Falls back to the "
+            "GENERIC_GUARDRAIL_API_BASE environment variable, and initialization fails when neither is set."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    api_key: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="API key for the guardrail service, sent as the x-api-key header.",
+    )
+
     optional_params: GenericGuardrailAPIOptionalParams | None = Field(
         default_factory=GenericGuardrailAPIOptionalParams,
         description="Optional parameters for the Generic Guardrail API guardrail",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_generic_guardrail_api.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_generic_guardrail_api.py
index 523ec1a37b4..67c2409f3e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_generic_guardrail_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_generic_guardrail_api.py
@@ -1150,6 +1150,26 @@ class TestGenericGuardrailAPIStreamingConfig:
 
         assert GenericGuardrailAPI.get_config_model() is GenericGuardrailAPIConfigModel
 
+    def test_config_model_exposes_api_base_and_api_key(self):
+        from litellm.types.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_hooks.generic_guardrail_api import (
+            GenericGuardrailAPIConfigModel,
+        )
+
+        assert set(GenericGuardrailAPIConfigModel.model_fields) >= {"api_base", "api_key"}
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_ui_provider_specific_params_expose_connection_fields(self):
+        from litellm.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_endpoints import (
+            get_provider_specific_params,
+        )
+
+        provider_params = await get_provider_specific_params()
+        generic_params = provider_params["generic_guardrail_api"]
+
+        assert generic_params["api_base"]["type"] == "string"
+        assert generic_params["api_key"]["type"] == "string"
+        assert generic_params["optional_params"]["type"] == "nested"
+
     def test_streaming_transform_mode_defaults_block_only(self):
         guardrail = GenericGuardrailAPI(
             api_base="https://api.test.guardrail.com",