diff --git a/libs/partners/anthropic/langchain_anthropic/chat_models.py b/libs/partners/anthropic/langchain_anthropic/chat_models.py
index f872fe32c18..d1f0237b9b9 100644
--- a/libs/partners/anthropic/langchain_anthropic/chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/partners/anthropic/langchain_anthropic/chat_models.py
@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ class ChatAnthropic(BaseChatModel):
         tools: Optional[
             Sequence[Union[dict[str, Any], type, Callable, BaseTool]]
         ] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> int:
         """Count tokens in a sequence of input messages.
 
@@ -1647,7 +1648,6 @@ class ChatAnthropic(BaseChatModel):
                 https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/token-counting
         """
         formatted_system, formatted_messages = _format_messages(messages)
-        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
         if isinstance(formatted_system, str):
             kwargs["system"] = formatted_system
         if tools:
diff --git a/libs/partners/anthropic/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py b/libs/partners/anthropic/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
index 008b2be1cb6..4d50794b00b 100644
--- a/libs/partners/anthropic/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/partners/anthropic/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import os
 from typing import Any, Callable, Literal, cast
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
+import anthropic
 import pytest
 from anthropic.types import Message, TextBlock, Usage
 from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage, ToolMessage
@@ -940,3 +942,15 @@ def test_optional_description() -> None:
         sample_field: str
 
     _ = llm.with_structured_output(SampleModel.model_json_schema())
+
+
+def test_get_num_tokens_from_messages_passes_kwargs() -> None:
+    """Test that get_num_tokens_from_messages passes kwargs to the model."""
+    llm = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-3-5-haiku-latest")
+
+    with patch.object(anthropic, "Client") as _Client:
+        llm.get_num_tokens_from_messages([HumanMessage("foo")], foo="bar")
+
+    assert (
+        _Client.return_value.beta.messages.count_tokens.call_args.kwargs["foo"] == "bar"
+    )