diff --git a/vllm/config/speculative.py b/vllm/config/speculative.py
index cfecff72b6..1861266820 100644
--- a/vllm/config/speculative.py
+++ b/vllm/config/speculative.py
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@ class SpeculativeConfig:
         draft_parallel_config = ParallelConfig(
             pipeline_parallel_size=1,
             tensor_parallel_size=speculative_draft_tensor_parallel_size,
+            enable_expert_parallel=target_parallel_config.enable_expert_parallel,
             distributed_executor_backend=target_parallel_config.distributed_executor_backend,
             max_parallel_loading_workers=target_parallel_config.max_parallel_loading_workers,
             disable_custom_all_reduce=target_parallel_config.disable_custom_all_reduce,