diff --git a/vllm/config.py b/vllm/config.py
index d7bae52cb721a..d0891d670b76d 100644
--- a/vllm/config.py
+++ b/vllm/config.py
@@ -2595,7 +2595,8 @@ class SpeculativeConfig:
                     else:
                         eagle_config = EAGLEConfig(
                             self.draft_model_config.hf_config,
-                            method=self.method)
+                            method=self.method,
+                            model_type="eagle")
                         self.draft_model_config.hf_config = eagle_config
 
                 if (self.num_speculative_tokens is not None