diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
index 769bc0fed1e..6997afafd8d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from litellm.secret_managers.main import str_to_bool
 AIOHTTP_EXC_MAP: Dict = {
     # Order matters here, most specific exception first
     # Timeout related exceptions
+    asyncio.TimeoutError: httpx.TimeoutException,
     aiohttp.ServerTimeoutError: httpx.TimeoutException,
     aiohttp.ConnectionTimeoutError: httpx.ConnectTimeout,
     aiohttp.SocketTimeoutError: httpx.ReadTimeout,
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ class LiteLLMAiohttpTransport(AiohttpTransport):
             allow_redirects=False,
             auto_decompress=False,
             timeout=ClientTimeout(
+                total=timeout.get("read"),
                 sock_connect=timeout.get("connect"),
                 sock_read=timeout.get("read"),
                 connect=timeout.get("pool"),
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_aiohttp_transport.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_aiohttp_transport.py
index 894fc45e361..1f1a36fd7ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_aiohttp_transport.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_aiohttp_transport.py
@@ -255,6 +255,48 @@ def _make_mock_response(should_fail=False, fail_count={"count": 0}):
     
     return MockResp()
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_handle_async_request_total_timeout_triggers():
+    """
+    Ensure that LiteLLMAiohttpTransport raises httpx.TimeoutException
+    when the total timeout duration elapses.
+    """
+    import asyncio
+    from aiohttp import web
+
+    async def slow_handler(request):
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
+        return web.Response(text="ok")
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_get("/", slow_handler)
+    runner = web.AppRunner(app)
+    await runner.setup()
+    site = web.TCPSite(runner, "127.0.0.1", 0)
+    await site.start()
+
+    port = site._server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+
+    def factory():
+        return aiohttp.ClientSession()
+
+    transport = LiteLLMAiohttpTransport(client=factory)  # type: ignore
+
+    request = httpx.Request("GET", f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/")
+
+    request.extensions["timeout"] = {
+        "connect": 0.1,
+        "read": 0.1,
+        "pool": 0.1,
+        "total": 0.1,
+    }
+
+    try:
+        with pytest.raises(httpx.TimeoutException):
+            await transport.handle_async_request(request)
+    finally:
+        await transport.aclose()
+        await runner.cleanup()
 
 def _make_mock_session(closed=False):
     """Helper to create a mock aiohttp session"""