diff --git a/helm/litellm/templates/ingress.yaml b/helm/litellm/templates/ingress.yaml
index b7c78d3fdad..634f898337a 100644
--- a/helm/litellm/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,41 @@
 {{- $gatewayPort := .Values.gateway.service.port -}}
 {{- $backendPort := .Values.backend.service.port -}}
 {{- $uiPort := .Values.ui.service.port -}}
+{{/*
+  Backends addressable from ingress.extraPaths, keyed by the `service` field.
+*/}}
+{{- $extraPathBackends := dict
+    "gateway" (dict "name" $gatewayName "port" $gatewayPort)
+    "backend" (dict "name" $backendName "port" $backendPort)
+    "ui" (dict "name" $uiName "port" $uiPort)
+-}}
+{{/*
+  UI paths (Next.js static export).
+
+  /ui/* is where the SPA serves its login + dashboard routes (e.g. /ui/login).
+  Without it, /ui/* falls into the catch-all → backend → 404.
+
+  The App Router (output: "export", basePath: "") emits the RSC/flight payload
+  for every route as a ROOT-level <route>.txt (/index.txt, /teams.txt,
+  /__next._tree.txt, ...). The client router fetches these on every soft
+  navigation / prefetch as <route>.txt?_rsc=<hash> (the query string is
+  irrelevant to path matching). They are not under /ui, /_next, or
+  /litellm-asset-prefix, so without /*.txt they fall to the backend catch-all
+  → 404 → client-side navigation never settles and the login flow spins in an
+  infinite redirect loop (/ ⇄ /ui/login). ui/nginx.conf already serves *.txt
+  from the export; the rule only routes the request to it. Needs an ingress
+  controller whose ImplementationSpecific path is a wildcard pattern
+  (AWS ALB: `*` = 0+ chars); this chart targets the AWS Load Balancer
+  Controller.
+*/}}
+{{- $uiPaths := list
+    (dict "path" "/" "pathType" "Exact")
+    (dict "path" "/favicon.ico" "pathType" "Exact")
+    (dict "path" "/litellm-asset-prefix" "pathType" "Prefix")
+    (dict "path" "/_next" "pathType" "Prefix")
+    (dict "path" "/ui" "pathType" "Prefix")
+    (dict "path" "/*.txt" "pathType" "ImplementationSpecific")
+-}}
 {{/*
   Gateway data-plane prefixes — must mirror gateway/routes/allowlist.py.
   Versioned paths are listed explicitly to avoid routing management routes
@@ -39,6 +74,21 @@
   routes at startup -> 404. So /test is rendered as a standalone Exact path
   and /test/* falls through to the backend catch-all.
 */}}
+{{/*
+  Every "<path>|<pathType>" this template renders on its own. An
+  ingress.extraPaths entry that repeats one of these is rejected: duplicates
+  in a single rule are resolved by position or by controller-specific tie
+  breaking, so the operator entry could take over a built-in route (an entry
+  at "/" Prefix would swallow the whole backend management API) instead of
+  adding to it.
+*/}}
+{{- $builtinPathKeys := list "/test|Exact" "/|Prefix" -}}
+{{- range $uiPaths }}
+{{- $builtinPathKeys = append $builtinPathKeys (printf "%s|%s" .path .pathType) }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- range $gatewayPrefixes }}
+{{- $builtinPathKeys = append $builtinPathKeys (printf "%s|Prefix" .) }}
+{{- end }}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
@@ -64,65 +114,15 @@ spec:
       http:
         paths:
           # --- UI (Next.js static export) ---
-          - path: /
-            pathType: Exact
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: {{ $uiName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $uiPort }}
-          - path: /favicon.ico
-            pathType: Exact
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: {{ $uiName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $uiPort }}
-          - path: /litellm-asset-prefix
-            pathType: Prefix
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: {{ $uiName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $uiPort }}
-          - path: /_next
-            pathType: Prefix
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: {{ $uiName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $uiPort }}
-          # /ui/* is where the Next.js SPA serves its login + dashboard
-          # routes (e.g. /ui/login). Without this, /ui/* falls into the
-          # catch-all → backend → 404.
-          - path: /ui
-            pathType: Prefix
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: {{ $uiName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $uiPort }}
-          # Next.js App Router (output: "export", basePath: "") emits the
-          # RSC/flight payload for every route as a ROOT-level <route>.txt
-          # (/index.txt, /teams.txt, /__next._tree.txt, ...). The client
-          # router fetches these on every soft navigation / prefetch as
-          # <route>.txt?_rsc=<hash> (the query string is irrelevant to path
-          # matching). They are not under /ui, /_next, or
-          # /litellm-asset-prefix, so without this rule they fall to the
-          # backend catch-all → 404 → client-side navigation never settles
-          # and the login flow spins in an infinite redirect loop
-          # (/ ⇄ /ui/login). ui/nginx.conf already serves *.txt from the
-          # export; this rule only routes the request to it. Needs an
-          # ingress controller whose ImplementationSpecific path is a
-          # wildcard pattern (AWS ALB: `*` = 0+ chars); this chart targets
-          # the AWS Load Balancer Controller.
-          - path: /*.txt
-            pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+          {{- range $uiPaths }}
+          - path: {{ .path }}
+            pathType: {{ .pathType }}
             backend:
               service:
                 name: {{ $uiName }}
                 port:
                   number: {{ $uiPort }}
+          {{- end }}
           # --- Gateway data plane ---
           # Exact /test only (see the $gatewayPrefixes comment above);
           # /test/* MCP management endpoints fall to the backend catch-all.
@@ -142,6 +142,46 @@ spec:
                 port:
                   number: {{ $gatewayPort }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- /*
+            --- Operator-supplied extra paths (ingress.extraPaths) ---
+            Rendered after every built-in path so an entry can never take
+            precedence over a default, and before the backend catch-all.
+            Position only decides the match on controllers that honour manifest
+            order: the AWS Load Balancer Controller this chart targets sorts
+            Exact paths first and Prefix paths longest-first, but keeps
+            ImplementationSpecific paths in manifest order, which is what the
+            /*.txt rule above already depends on.
+          */}}
+          {{- range $idx, $extra := .Values.ingress.extraPaths }}
+          {{- if not (kindIs "map" $extra) }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: each entry must be a mapping with a 'path' key" $idx) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if not $extra.path }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: 'path' is required" $idx) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- $service := $extra.service | default "gateway" }}
+          {{- $target := get $extraPathBackends $service }}
+          {{- if not $target }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d] (path %s): unknown service %q, expected one of backend, gateway, ui" $idx $extra.path $service) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- $pathType := $extra.pathType | default "Prefix" }}
+          {{- if not (has $pathType (list "Prefix" "Exact" "ImplementationSpecific")) }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d] (path %s): unknown pathType %q, expected one of Exact, ImplementationSpecific, Prefix" $idx $extra.path $pathType) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if eq $extra.path "/" }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture" $idx) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if has (printf "%s|%s" $extra.path $pathType) $builtinPathKeys }}
+          {{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: path %s with pathType %s is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it" $idx $extra.path $pathType) }}
+          {{- end }}
+          - path: {{ $extra.path | quote }}
+            pathType: {{ $pathType }}
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: {{ $target.name }}
+                port:
+                  number: {{ $target.port }}
+          {{- end }}
           # --- Catch-all → backend (management API: /key/*, /user/*, /team/*, ...) ---
           - path: /
             pathType: Prefix
diff --git a/helm/litellm/tests/ingress_extra_paths_tests.yaml b/helm/litellm/tests/ingress_extra_paths_tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc7d5943278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/litellm/tests/ingress_extra_paths_tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+suite: test ingress.extraPaths
+templates:
+  - ingress.yaml
+values:
+  - ./values/required.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: renders nothing extra between the built-in gateway prefixes and the backend catch-all when unset
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-1]
+          value:
+            path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
+                port:
+                  number: 4001
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
+          value:
+            path: /metrics
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+
+  - it: routes an extra path to the gateway by default, immediately before the backend catch-all
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
+          value:
+            path: /watsonx
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-1]
+          value:
+            path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
+                port:
+                  number: 4001
+
+  - it: keeps every built-in path when extra paths are supplied
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+    asserts:
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
+          content:
+            path: /
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
+                port:
+                  number: 3000
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
+          content:
+            path: /ui
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
+                port:
+                  number: 3000
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
+          content:
+            path: /test
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
+          content:
+            path: /v1/chat
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
+          content:
+            path: /vertex_ai
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+
+  - it: renders every entry in order and honours the service and pathType selectors
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+          service: gateway
+        - path: /my-passthrough
+          pathType: Exact
+          service: backend
+        - path: /brand.txt
+          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+          service: ui
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-4]
+          value:
+            path: /watsonx
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
+                port:
+                  number: 4000
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-3]
+          value:
+            path: /my-passthrough
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
+                port:
+                  number: 4001
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
+          value:
+            path: /brand.txt
+            pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
+                port:
+                  number: 3000
+
+  - it: addresses the component services by their configured ports
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      gateway.service.port: 8000
+      backend.service.port: 8001
+      ui.service.port: 8080
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+        - path: /my-passthrough
+          service: backend
+        - path: /brand.txt
+          service: ui
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-4].backend.service.port.number
+          value: 8000
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-3].backend.service.port.number
+          value: 8001
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2].backend.service.port.number
+          value: 8080
+
+  - it: rejects an entry naming a service the chart does not deploy
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+          service: proxy
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: 'ingress.extraPaths[0] (path /watsonx): unknown service "proxy", expected one of backend, gateway, ui'
+
+  - it: rejects an entry whose pathType is not a kubernetes pathType
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /watsonx
+          pathType: prefix
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: 'ingress.extraPaths[0] (path /watsonx): unknown pathType "prefix", expected one of Exact, ImplementationSpecific, Prefix'
+
+  - it: rejects an entry with no path
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - service: gateway
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: 'path' is required"
+
+
+  - it: rejects a root entry that would take over the backend catch-all
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /
+          service: gateway
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
+
+  - it: rejects a root entry that would take over the UI root
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /
+          pathType: Exact
+          service: gateway
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
+
+  # A root ImplementationSpecific entry duplicates no built-in pair, so the
+  # duplicate check alone would admit it. It is still dead: the built-in
+  # Exact / sorts ahead of it on the AWS Load Balancer Controller and claims
+  # the only request its pattern matches, so it renders and never routes.
+  - it: rejects a root entry that would render but never match
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /
+          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+          service: gateway
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
+
+  - it: rejects an entry that would take over a UI prefix
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /ui
+          service: gateway
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /ui with pathType Prefix is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
+
+  - it: rejects an entry that would take over the UI RSC payload rule
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /*.txt
+          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+          service: backend
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /*.txt with pathType ImplementationSpecific is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
+
+  - it: rejects an entry that would take over a gateway data-plane prefix
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /v1/chat
+          service: backend
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /v1/chat with pathType Prefix is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
+
+  - it: rejects an entry that would take over the exact /test route
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /test
+          pathType: Exact
+          service: backend
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /test with pathType Exact is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
+
+  - it: allows a built-in path under a different pathType, which is a distinct rule
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - path: /ui
+          pathType: Exact
+          service: ui
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
+          value:
+            path: /ui
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
+                port:
+                  number: 3000
+
+  - it: rejects a bare string entry instead of failing on template internals
+    set:
+      ingress.enabled: true
+      ingress.extraPaths:
+        - /watsonx
+    asserts:
+      - failedTemplate:
+          errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: each entry must be a mapping with a 'path' key"
diff --git a/helm/litellm/values.yaml b/helm/litellm/values.yaml
index cd377667602..4cf13f4c0dd 100644
--- a/helm/litellm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm/values.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,27 @@ ingress:
   annotations: {}
   host: ""        # optional; if set, becomes the rule's host
   tls: []
+  # Extra HTTP paths appended to the ingress rule. Additive: every built-in
+  # UI / gateway / backend path is still rendered, these entries are placed
+  # after them and before the backend catch-all, and an entry that repeats a
+  # path the chart already routes is rejected at render time rather than
+  # silently taking it over.
+  #
+  # The chart's built-in gateway prefix list is a snapshot of the data-plane
+  # surface at release time. Use extraPaths for passthrough routes it does not
+  # cover: a provider prefix added upstream after this chart version, or a
+  # custom general_settings.pass_through_endpoints route.
+  #
+  #   path      required; the HTTP path to route
+  #   service   which component serves it: gateway (default), backend, or ui
+  #   pathType  Prefix (default), Exact, or ImplementationSpecific
+  #
+  # The target component only answers paths its own route allowlist keeps, so
+  # a path here still has to be one that component serves.
+  extraPaths: []
+  # - path: /watsonx
+  #   pathType: Prefix
+  #   service: gateway
 
 # Per-component ServiceAccounts for gateway, backend, and ui.
 #