diff --git a/.envrc.template b/.envrc.template
index cb0f439..c365f90 100644
--- a/.envrc.template
+++ b/.envrc.template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export OPENAI_API_KEY=""
 export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""
 export XAI_API_KEY=""
-export GROQ_API_KEY=""
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+export OLLAMA_HOST_URL=""
+export GROQ_API_KEY=""
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b66e3ef..e43c919 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,3 +166,4 @@ cython_debug/
 .env
 
 src/**
+requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 906e880..03250bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 description = "An experimental client for AI providers that intends to replace LangChain and LangGraph for most common use cases."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-dependencies = ["pydantic", "pydantic-settings", "instructor", "openai", "anthropic", "groq"]
+dependencies = ["pydantic", "pydantic-settings", "instructor", "openai", "anthropic", "ollama", "groq"]
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
diff --git a/simplemind/models.py b/simplemind/models.py
index b7448c1..c6325ed 100644
--- a/simplemind/models.py
+++ b/simplemind/models.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ class Conversation(SMBaseModel):
     def __str__(self):
         return f"<Conversation id={self.id!r}>"
 
+    def prepend_system_message(self, role: str, text: str, meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None):
+        self.messages = [Message(role=role, text=text, meta=meta or {})] + self.messages
+
     def add_message(
         self, role: MESSAGE_ROLE, text: str, meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     ):
diff --git a/simplemind/providers/__init__.py b/simplemind/providers/__init__.py
index 9e38db1..403d1a7 100644
--- a/simplemind/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/simplemind/providers/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from simplemind.providers._base import BaseProvider
 from simplemind.providers.anthropic import Anthropic
 from simplemind.providers.groq import Groq
 from simplemind.providers.openai import OpenAI
+from simplemind.providers.ollama import Ollama
 from simplemind.providers.xai import XAI
 
-providers: List[Type[BaseProvider]] = [Anthropic, Groq, OpenAI, XAI]
+providers: List[Type[BaseProvider]] = [Anthropic, Groq, OpenAI, Ollama, XAI]
diff --git a/simplemind/providers/ollama.py b/simplemind/providers/ollama.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce96503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simplemind/providers/ollama.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import ollama as ol
+import instructor
+from openai import OpenAI
+
+from ._base import BaseProvider
+from ..settings import settings
+
+PROVIDER_NAME = "ollama"
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "llama3.2"
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60
+
+
+class Ollama(BaseProvider):
+    NAME = PROVIDER_NAME
+    DEFAULT_MODEL = DEFAULT_MODEL
+    TIMEOUT = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+
+    def __init__(self, host_url: str = None):
+        self.host_url = host_url or settings.OLLAMA_HOST_URL
+
+    @property
+    def client(self):
+        """The raw Ollama client."""
+        if not self.host_url:
+            raise ValueError("No ollama host url provided")
+        return ol.Client(timeout=self.TIMEOUT, host=self.host_url)
+
+    @property
+    def structured_client(self):
+        """A client patched with Instructor."""
+        return instructor.from_openai(
+            OpenAI(
+                base_url=f"{self.host_url}/v1",
+                api_key="ollama",
+            ),
+            mode=instructor.Mode.JSON,
+        )
+
+    def send_conversation(self, conversation: "Conversation"):
+        """Send a conversation to the Ollama API."""
+        from ..models import Message
+
+        messages = [
+            {"role": msg.role, "content": msg.text} for msg in conversation.messages
+        ]
+        response = self.client.chat(
+            model=conversation.llm_model or DEFAULT_MODEL, messages=messages
+        )
+        assistant_message = response.get("message")
+
+        # Create and return a properly formatted Message instance
+        return Message(
+            role="assistant",
+            text=assistant_message.get("content"),
+            raw=response,
+            llm_model=conversation.llm_model or DEFAULT_MODEL,
+            llm_provider=PROVIDER_NAME,
+        )
+
+    def structured_response(self, prompt, response_model, *, llm_model: str, **kwargs):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
+        ]
+
+        response = self.structured_client.chat.completions.create(
+            messages=messages, model=llm_model, response_model=response_model, **kwargs
+        )
+        return response
+
+    def generate_text(self, prompt, *, llm_model):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
+        ]
+
+        response = self.client.chat(messages=messages, model=llm_model)
+
+        return response.get("message").get("content")
diff --git a/simplemind/settings.py b/simplemind/settings.py
index eb420aa..2545f93 100644
--- a/simplemind/settings.py
+++ b/simplemind/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     )
     GROQ_API_KEY: Optional[SecretStr] = Field(None, description="API key for Groq")
     OPENAI_API_KEY: Optional[SecretStr] = Field(None, description="API key for OpenAI")
+    OLLAMA_HOST_URL: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Fully qualified host URL for Ollama")
     XAI_API_KEY: Optional[SecretStr] = Field(None, description="API key for xAI")
     DEFAULT_LLM_PROVIDER: str = Field("openai", description="The default LLM provider")
 
diff --git a/test_ollama.py b/test_ollama.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a5b560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_ollama.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+from unittest import mock
+import simplemind as sm
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+class TestOllama(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def test_generate_text(self):
+    result = sm.generate_text(prompt="What is the meaning of life?", llm_provider="ollama", llm_model="llama3.2")
+    self.assertGreater(len(result), 0)
+    self.assertIsNotNone(result)
+
+  def test_create_conversation(self):
+    conversation = sm.create_conversation(llm_provider="ollama", llm_model="llama3.2")
+    conversation.add_message("user", "Remember the number 42.")
+    result = conversation.send()
+    self.assertIsNotNone(result)
+    self.assertGreaterEqual(len(result.text), 0)
+    self.assertIsInstance(result, sm.models.Message)
+
+  def test_memory(self):
+    class SimpleMemoryPlugin:
+      def __init__(self):
+          self.memories = [
+              "the earth has fictionally been destroyed.",
+              "the moon is made of cheese.",
+          ]
+
+      def yield_memories(self):
+          return (m for m in self.memories)
+
+      def send_hook(self, conversation: sm.Conversation):
+          for m in self.yield_memories():
+              conversation.prepend_system_message(role="system", text=m)
+    
+    conversation = sm.create_conversation(llm_provider="ollama", llm_model="llama3.2")
+
+    conversation.add_message(
+        role="user",
+        text="Write a poem about the moon",
+    )
+    self.assertGreater(len(conversation.messages), 0)
+    conversation.add_plugin(SimpleMemoryPlugin())
+    result = conversation.send()
+    self.assertGreater(len(conversation.messages), 2)
+    self.assertIsNotNone(result)
+    self.assertIsNotNone(result.text)
+    self.assertGreater(len(result.text), 0)
+    self.assertIsInstance(result, sm.models.Message)
+
+  def test_structure_response(self):
+      class Poem(BaseModel):
+          title: str
+          content: str
+      # Test for NotImplementedError
+      with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+          sm.generate_data(
+              prompt="Write a poem about love",
+              llm_provider="ollama",
+              llm_model="llama3.2",
+              response_model=Poem)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()
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