diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/api_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/api_server.py
index 73f7890ef7d3..9c27bcf2636c 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/api_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/api_server.py
@@ -74,12 +74,18 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8000)
     parser.add_argument("--ssl-keyfile", type=str, default=None)
     parser.add_argument("--ssl-certfile", type=str, default=None)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--root-path",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="FastAPI root_path when app is behind a path based routing proxy")
     parser = AsyncEngineArgs.add_cli_args(parser)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs.from_cli_args(args)
     engine = AsyncLLMEngine.from_engine_args(engine_args)
 
+    app.root_path = args.root_path
     uvicorn.run(app,
                 host=args.host,
                 port=args.port,
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
index 30c55f4c01c5..473cd36b103d 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ def parse_args():
                         type=str,
                         default=None,
                         help="The file path to the SSL cert file")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--root-path",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="FastAPI root_path when app is behind a path based routing proxy")
 
     parser = AsyncEngineArgs.add_cli_args(parser)
     return parser.parse_args()
@@ -766,6 +771,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Register labels for metrics
     add_global_metrics_labels(model_name=engine_args.model)
 
+    app.root_path = args.root_path
     uvicorn.run(app,
                 host=args.host,
                 port=args.port,