diff --git a/.changeset/wild-planets-sin.md b/.changeset/wild-planets-sin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b501860f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wild-planets-sin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gradio": patch
+---
+
+fix:Mount on a FastAPI app with lifespan manager
diff --git a/gradio/routes.py b/gradio/routes.py
index 825c1f5def..f8f24eb0d4 100644
--- a/gradio/routes.py
+++ b/gradio/routes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module use the Optional/Union notation so that they work correctly with pydantic
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import contextlib
 import sys
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
@@ -892,9 +893,17 @@ def mount_gradio_app(
     blocks.validate_queue_settings()
     gradio_app = App.create_app(blocks, app_kwargs=app_kwargs)
 
-    @app.on_event("startup")
-    async def start_queue():
-        gradio_app.get_blocks().startup_events()
+    old_lifespan = app.router.lifespan_context
+
+    @contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+    async def new_lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+        async with old_lifespan(
+            app
+        ):  # Instert the startup events inside the FastAPI context manager
+            gradio_app.get_blocks().startup_events()
+            yield
+
+    app.router.lifespan_context = new_lifespan
 
     app.mount(path, gradio_app)
     return app
diff --git a/test/test_routes.py b/test/test_routes.py
index 564767cbaa..08bd596d5e 100644
--- a/test/test_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_routes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import functools
 import os
 import tempfile
-from contextlib import closing
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, closing
 from unittest import mock as mock
 
 import gradio_client as grc
@@ -339,6 +339,50 @@ class TestRoutes:
         with TestClient(app) as client:
             assert client.get("/echo/docs-custom").is_success
 
+    def test_mount_gradio_app_with_lifespan(self):
+        @asynccontextmanager
+        async def empty_lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+            yield
+
+        app = FastAPI(lifespan=empty_lifespan)
+
+        demo = gr.Interface(
+            lambda s: f"Hello from ps, {s}!", "textbox", "textbox"
+        ).queue()
+        demo1 = gr.Interface(
+            lambda s: f"Hello from py, {s}!", "textbox", "textbox"
+        ).queue()
+
+        app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, demo, path="/ps")
+        app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, demo1, path="/py")
+
+        # Use context manager to trigger start up events
+        with TestClient(app) as client:
+            assert client.get("/ps").is_success
+            assert client.get("/py").is_success
+
+    def test_mount_gradio_app_with_startup(self):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        @app.on_event("startup")
+        async def empty_startup():
+            return
+
+        demo = gr.Interface(
+            lambda s: f"Hello from ps, {s}!", "textbox", "textbox"
+        ).queue()
+        demo1 = gr.Interface(
+            lambda s: f"Hello from py, {s}!", "textbox", "textbox"
+        ).queue()
+
+        app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, demo, path="/ps")
+        app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, demo1, path="/py")
+
+        # Use context manager to trigger start up events
+        with TestClient(app) as client:
+            assert client.get("/ps").is_success
+            assert client.get("/py").is_success
+
     def test_static_file_missing(self, test_client):
         response = test_client.get(r"/static/not-here.js")
         assert response.status_code == 404