diff --git a/api/server/services/Config/loadConfigModels.js b/api/server/services/Config/loadConfigModels.js
index fc255b8c47..2943317e34 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Config/loadConfigModels.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Config/loadConfigModels.js
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ async function loadConfigModels(req) {
       fetchPromisesMap[uniqueKey] =
         fetchPromisesMap[uniqueKey] ||
         fetchModels({
-          user: req.user.id,
-          baseURL: BASE_URL,
-          apiKey: API_KEY,
           name,
+          apiKey: API_KEY,
+          baseURL: BASE_URL,
+          user: req.user.id,
+          direct: endpoint.directEndpoint,
           userIdQuery: models.userIdQuery,
         });
       uniqueKeyToEndpointsMap[uniqueKey] = uniqueKeyToEndpointsMap[uniqueKey] || [];
diff --git a/api/server/services/ModelService.js b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
index 0db13ec318..e9876269c7 100644
--- a/api/server/services/ModelService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const { openAIApiKey, userProvidedOpenAI } = require('./Config/EndpointService')
  * @param {string} params.apiKey - The API key for authentication with the API.
  * @param {string} params.baseURL - The base path URL for the API.
  * @param {string} [params.name='OpenAI'] - The name of the API; defaults to 'OpenAI'.
+ * @param {boolean} [params.direct=false] - Whether `directEndpoint` was configured
  * @param {boolean} [params.azure=false] - Whether to fetch models from Azure.
  * @param {boolean} [params.userIdQuery=false] - Whether to send the user ID as a query parameter.
  * @param {boolean} [params.createTokenConfig=true] - Whether to create a token configuration from the API response.
@@ -44,14 +45,16 @@ const { openAIApiKey, userProvidedOpenAI } = require('./Config/EndpointService')
 const fetchModels = async ({
   user,
   apiKey,
-  baseURL,
+  baseURL: _baseURL,
   name = EModelEndpoint.openAI,
+  direct,
   azure = false,
   userIdQuery = false,
   createTokenConfig = true,
   tokenKey,
 }) => {
   let models = [];
+  const baseURL = direct ? extractBaseURL(_baseURL) : _baseURL;
 
   if (!baseURL && !azure) {
     return models;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
index dca5ff7f11..4cc2d81209 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/openai/llm.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import type { AzureOpenAIInput } from '@langchain/openai';
 import type { OpenAI } from 'openai';
 import type * as t from '~/types';
 import { sanitizeModelName, constructAzureURL } from '~/utils/azure';
+import { createFetch } from '~/utils/generators';
 import { isEnabled } from '~/utils/common';
 
+type Fetch = (input: string | URL | Request, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;
+
 export const knownOpenAIParams = new Set([
   // Constructor/Instance Parameters
   'model',
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ export function getOpenAIConfig(
   const {
     modelOptions: _modelOptions = {},
     reverseProxyUrl,
+    directEndpoint,
     defaultQuery,
     headers,
     proxy,
@@ -311,6 +315,13 @@ export function getOpenAIConfig(
     llmConfig.modelKwargs = modelKwargs;
   }
 
+  if (directEndpoint === true && configOptions?.baseURL != null) {
+    configOptions.fetch = createFetch({
+      directEndpoint: directEndpoint,
+      reverseProxyUrl: configOptions?.baseURL,
+    }) as unknown as Fetch;
+  }
+
   const result: t.LLMConfigResult = {
     llmConfig,
     configOptions,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/types/openai.ts b/packages/api/src/types/openai.ts
index df9d4b5cbb..b906180519 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/types/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/types/openai.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export type OpenAIParameters = z.infer<typeof openAISchema>;
  */
 export interface OpenAIConfigOptions {
   modelOptions?: Partial<OpenAIParameters>;
+  directEndpoint?: boolean;
   reverseProxyUrl?: string;
   defaultQuery?: Record<string, string | undefined>;
   headers?: Record<string, string>;