diff --git a/plugins/wasm-go/extensions/ai-proxy/provider/provider.go b/plugins/wasm-go/extensions/ai-proxy/provider/provider.go
index 90a419d46..8aeb72b0b 100644
--- a/plugins/wasm-go/extensions/ai-proxy/provider/provider.go
+++ b/plugins/wasm-go/extensions/ai-proxy/provider/provider.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"path"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/plugins/wasm-go/extensions/ai-proxy/util"
@@ -380,6 +382,9 @@ type ProviderConfig struct {
 	basePath string `required:"false" yaml:"basePath" json:"basePath"`
 	// @Title zh-CN basePathHandling用于指定basePath的处理方式，可选值：removePrefix、prepend
 	basePathHandling basePathHandling `required:"false" yaml:"basePathHandling" json:"basePathHandling"`
+	// @Title zh-CN 首包超时
+	// @Description zh-CN 流式请求中收到上游服务第一个响应包的超时时间，单位为毫秒。默认值为 0，表示不开启首包超时
+	firstByteTimeout uint32 `required:"false" yaml:"firstByteTimeout" json:"firstByteTimeout"`
 }
 
 func (c *ProviderConfig) GetId() string {
@@ -409,6 +414,8 @@ func (c *ProviderConfig) FromJson(json gjson.Result) {
 	if c.timeout == 0 {
 		c.timeout = defaultTimeout
 	}
+	// first byte timeout
+	c.firstByteTimeout = uint32(json.Get("firstByteTimeout").Uint())
 	c.openaiCustomUrl = json.Get("openaiCustomUrl").String()
 	c.moonshotFileId = json.Get("moonshotFileId").String()
 	c.azureServiceUrl = json.Get("azureServiceUrl").String()
@@ -825,6 +832,15 @@ func (c *ProviderConfig) setDefaultCapabilities(capabilities map[string]string)
 func (c *ProviderConfig) handleRequestBody(
 	provider Provider, contextCache *contextCache, ctx wrapper.HttpContext, apiName ApiName, body []byte,
 ) (types.Action, error) {
+	// add the first byte timeout header to the request
+	if c.firstByteTimeout != 0 && c.isStreamingAPI(apiName, body) {
+		err := proxywasm.ReplaceHttpRequestHeader("x-envoy-upstream-rq-first-byte-timeout-ms", strconv.FormatUint(uint64(c.firstByteTimeout), 10))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to set x-envoy-upstream-rq-first-byte-timeout-ms header: %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Debugf("[firstByteTimeout] %d", c.firstByteTimeout)
+	}
+
 	// use original protocol
 	if c.IsOriginal() {
 		return types.ActionContinue, nil
@@ -903,6 +919,24 @@ func (c *ProviderConfig) DefaultTransformResponseHeaders(ctx wrapper.HttpContext
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *ProviderConfig) isStreamingAPI(apiName ApiName, body []byte) bool {
+	stream := false
+	switch apiName {
+	case ApiNameCompletion,
+		ApiNameChatCompletion,
+		ApiNameImageGeneration,
+		ApiNameImageEdit,
+		ApiNameResponses,
+		ApiNameQwenAsyncAIGC,
+		ApiNameAnthropicMessages,
+		ApiNameAnthropicComplete:
+		stream = gjson.GetBytes(body, "stream").Bool()
+	case ApiNameGeminiStreamGenerateContent:
+		stream = true
+	}
+	return stream
+}
+
 func (c *ProviderConfig) needToProcessRequestBody(apiName ApiName) bool {
 	switch apiName {
 	case ApiNameChatCompletion,