diff --git a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/README.md b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/README.md
index a6d406c06..d575003be 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/README.md
@@ -81,9 +81,12 @@ Important settings to review before deployment:
 - `vanityGateway.replicaCount`, resource requests, and limits for your
   environment
 - `vanityGateway.config.nvcfApiEndpoint` for the invocation endpoint
+- `vanityGateway.config.llmGatewayEndpoint` for the LLM Gateway endpoint, used
+  only by hosts declared under `mappingConfig.v2config.llmGateway`
 - `vanityGateway.config.otelExporterOtlpEndpoint` for trace export, empty by
   default
-- `vanityGateway.mappingConfig.v2config` for the OpenAI and vanity route tables
+- `vanityGateway.mappingConfig.v2config` for the OpenAI, vanity, and LLM Gateway
+  route tables
 - `vanityGateway.serviceMonitor.enabled` for Prometheus Operator scraping
 
 ### Ports
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ or the pod is killed mid-drain.
 
 ## Route mapping
 
-`vanityGateway.mappingConfig.v2config` has two sections:
+`vanityGateway.mappingConfig.v2config` has three sections:
 
 - `openai`: per-endpoint model routes, keyed by endpoint (`chatCompletions`,
   `completions`, `embeddings`, `responses`, and the image endpoints). Each route
@@ -112,9 +115,14 @@ or the pod is killed mid-drain.
   `shadowCancelOnClientDisconnect`.
 - `vanity`: host-based routes, each requiring a `host` and a `paths` map. Each
   path requires `path` and `functionID`.
-
-Both sections are empty by default. `vanityGateway.config.shadowMaxConcurrent`
-bounds concurrent shadow requests across all routes.
+- `llmGateway`: hosts that proxy the LLM Gateway's OpenAI-compatible routes,
+  each requiring only a `host`. Requests are forwarded unchanged, so an entry
+  carries no function or model selection. Declaring one makes
+  `vanityGateway.config.llmGatewayEndpoint` required at startup.
+
+All three sections are empty by default.
+`vanityGateway.config.shadowMaxConcurrent` bounds concurrent shadow requests
+across all routes.
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/templates/configmap.yaml b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/templates/configmap.yaml
index e14195a72..7ee60f3b8 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   MAPPING_PATH: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.mappingPath | quote }}
   NVCF_API_ENDPOINT: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.nvcfApiEndpoint | quote }}
+  LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.llmGatewayEndpoint | quote }}
   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.otelExporterOtlpEndpoint | quote }}
   SECRETS_PATH: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.secretsPath | quote }}
   PRIVATE_MODEL_NAME_REGEX_PATTERN: {{ .Values.vanityGateway.config.privateModelNameRegexPattern | quote }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json
index 90340b28c..edfdeb70b 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json
+++ b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
             "nvcfApiEndpoint": {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/nonEmptyString"
             },
+            "llmGatewayEndpoint": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
             "otelExporterOtlpEndpoint": {
               "type": "string"
             },
@@ -140,12 +143,11 @@
                 },
                 "vanity": {
                   "$ref": "#/definitions/vanityRoutes"
+                },
+                "llmGateway": {
+                  "$ref": "#/definitions/llmGatewayRoutes"
                 }
               },
-              "required": [
-                "openai",
-                "vanity"
-              ],
               "additionalProperties": true
             }
           },
@@ -341,6 +343,36 @@
         "functionID"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": true
+    },
+    "llmGatewayRoutes": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/llmGatewayRoute"
+      }
+    },
+    "llmGatewayRoute": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "host": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/nonEmptyString"
+        },
+        "customHeaders": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "eol": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "offlineMessage": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "host"
+      ],
+      "additionalProperties": true
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true
diff --git a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml
index d9af9863a..4ba9d0d78 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ vanityGateway:
   config:
     mappingPath: /etc/vanity-gateway/config/config.yaml
     nvcfApiEndpoint: http://invocation.nvcf.svc.cluster.local:8080
+    # Used only by hosts declared under mappingConfig.v2config.llmGateway.
+    llmGatewayEndpoint: http://llm-api-gateway.nvcf.svc.cluster.local:8080
     otelExporterOtlpEndpoint: ""
     secretsPath: ""
     privateModelNameRegexPattern: ""