diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
index 2330120adad..eb242f894a7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -2136,6 +2136,8 @@ class MCPServerManager:
                 extra_headers=server_config.get("extra_headers", None),
                 allowed_tools=server_config.get("allowed_tools", None),
                 disallowed_tools=server_config.get("disallowed_tools", None),
+                tool_name_to_display_name=server_config.get("tool_name_to_display_name", None),
+                tool_name_to_description=server_config.get("tool_name_to_description", None),
                 allowed_params=server_config.get("allowed_params", None),
                 access_groups=server_config.get("access_groups", None),
                 static_headers=server_config.get("static_headers", None),
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
index 5508259273d..5dbb9fc44d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -422,6 +422,44 @@ class TestMCPServerManager:
         assert server.alias == "friendly_alias"
         assert server.server_name == "validserver"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_load_servers_from_config_preserves_tool_name_overrides(self):
+        """Display-name/description overrides declared in config.yaml must survive the yaml load
+        path, replace the prefixed name in tools/list, and reverse-map for tools/call routing."""
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.server import (
+            _resolve_display_name_to_original,
+            apply_tool_overrides,
+        )
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.utils import (
+            add_server_prefix_to_name,
+            get_server_prefix,
+        )
+
+        manager = MCPServerManager()
+        await manager.load_servers_from_config(
+            {
+                "example_server": {
+                    "url": "https://example.com/mcp",
+                    "transport": MCPTransport.http,
+                    "tool_name_to_display_name": {"example_tool": "renamed_tool"},
+                    "tool_name_to_description": {"example_tool": "overridden description"},
+                }
+            }
+        )
+
+        server = next(iter(manager.config_mcp_servers.values()))
+        assert server.tool_name_to_display_name == {"example_tool": "renamed_tool"}
+        assert server.tool_name_to_description == {"example_tool": "overridden description"}
+
+        prefixed_name = add_server_prefix_to_name("example_tool", get_server_prefix(server))
+        (overridden,) = apply_tool_overrides(
+            [MCPTool(name=prefixed_name, description="upstream description", inputSchema={})],
+            server,
+        )
+        assert overridden.name == "renamed_tool"
+        assert overridden.description == "overridden description"
+        assert _resolve_display_name_to_original("renamed_tool", [server]) == prefixed_name
+
     def _oauth2_config(self, **overrides):
         base = {
             "url": "https://example.com/mcp",