diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/pgbouncer.py b/litellm/proxy/db/pgbouncer.py
index ede47fce0c3..85542c66ef7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/pgbouncer.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/pgbouncer.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ def plan_pgbouncer(
             f"unix_socket_dir = {runtime_dir}",
             f"auth_file = {runtime_dir / PGBOUNCER_USERLIST_NAME}",
             "auth_type = scram-sha-256",
+            f"stats_users = {username}",
             "pool_mode = transaction",
             f"max_client_conn = {settings.max_client_conn}",
             f"default_pool_size = {settings.max_db_connections}",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_pgbouncer.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_pgbouncer.py
index 9c7273a0afa..fac4ecf8de0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_pgbouncer.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_pgbouncer.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class TestPlanPgBouncer:
         assert pgb["auth_file"] == "/run/pgb/userlist.txt"
         assert pgb["unix_socket_dir"] == "/run/pgb"
 
+    def test_the_app_user_can_read_the_pgbouncer_console(self):
+        assert _ini(_plan())["pgbouncer"]["stats_users"] == "app"
+
     def test_pooled_url_points_prisma_at_loopback_without_prepared_statements(self):
         pooled: Final = urllib.parse.urlsplit(_plan().pooled_url)
         assert (pooled.hostname, pooled.port, pooled.path) == ("127.0.0.1", 6543, "/litellm")