diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6665c79cc..1ba566b0a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
 
+OLLAMA_HOST=http://localhost:11434
+
 # Neo4j database connection
 NEO4J_URI=
 NEO4J_PORT=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dfe57fe2..a6a239ecb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ pip install graphiti-core[groq]
 # Install with Google Gemini support
 pip install graphiti-core[google-genai]
 
+# Install with Ollama support
+pip install graphiti-core[ollama]
+
 # Install with multiple providers
 pip install graphiti-core[anthropic,groq,google-genai]
 
diff --git a/graphiti_core/embedder/ollama.py b/graphiti_core/embedder/ollama.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fc8e973c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphiti_core/embedder/ollama.py
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+"""
+Copyright 2024, Zep Software, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ollama import AsyncClient
+else:
+    try:
+        from ollama import AsyncClient
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError(
+            'ollama is required for OllamaEmbedder. '
+            'Install it with: pip install graphiti-core[ollama]'
+        ) from None
+
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from .client import EmbedderClient, EmbedderConfig
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL = 'bge-m3:567m'
+DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE = 100
+
+class OllamaEmbedderConfig(EmbedderConfig):
+    embedding_model: str = Field(default=DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL)
+    api_key: str | None = None
+    base_url: str | None = None
+
+
+class OllamaEmbedder(EmbedderClient):
+    """
+    Ollama Embedder Client
+    """
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: OllamaEmbedderConfig | None = None,
+        client: AsyncClient | None = None,
+        batch_size: int | None = None,
+    ):
+        if config is None:
+            config = OllamaEmbedderConfig()
+
+        self.config = config
+
+        if client is None:
+            # AsyncClient doesn't necessarily accept api_key; pass host via headers if needed
+            try:
+                host = config.base_url.rstrip('/v1') if config.base_url else None
+                self.client = AsyncClient(host=host)
+            except TypeError as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Error creating AsyncClient: {e}")
+                self.client = AsyncClient()
+        else:
+            self.client = client
+
+        if batch_size is None:
+            self.batch_size = DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE
+        else:
+            self.batch_size = batch_size
+
+    async def create(self, input_data: str | list[str] | Iterable[int] | Iterable[Iterable[int]]) -> list[float]:
+        """Create a single embedding for the input using Ollama.
+
+        Ollama's embed endpoint accepts either a single string or list of strings.
+        We normalize to a single-item list and return the first embedding vector.
+        """
+        # Ollama's embed returns an object with 'embedding' or similar fields
+        try:
+            # Support call with client.embed for async client
+            result = await self.client.embed(model=self.config.embedding_model or DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL, input=input_data)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f'Ollama embed error: {e}')
+            raise
+
+        # Extract embedding and coerce to list[float]
+        values: list[float] | None = None
+
+        if hasattr(result, 'embeddings'):
+            emb = result.embeddings
+            if isinstance(emb, list) and len(emb) > 0:
+                values = emb[0] if isinstance(emb[0], list | tuple) else emb # type: ignore
+        elif isinstance(result, dict):
+            if 'embedding' in result and isinstance(result['embedding'], list | tuple):
+                values = list(result['embedding'])  # type: ignore
+            elif 'embeddings' in result and isinstance(result['embeddings'], list) and len(result['embeddings']) > 0:
+                first = result['embeddings'][0]
+                if isinstance(first, dict) and 'embedding' in first and isinstance(first['embedding'], list | tuple):
+                    values = list(first['embedding'])
+                elif isinstance(first, list | tuple):
+                    values = list(first)
+
+        # If result itself is a list (some clients return list for single input)
+        if values is None and isinstance(result, list | tuple):
+            # assume it's already the embedding vector
+            values = list(result)  # type: ignore
+        if not values:
+            raise ValueError('No embeddings returned from Ollama API in create()')
+
+        return values
+
+    async def create_batch(self, input_data_list: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+        if not input_data_list:
+            return []
+
+        all_embeddings: list[list[float]] = []
+
+        for i in range(0, len(input_data_list), self.batch_size):
+            batch = input_data_list[i : i + self.batch_size]
+            try:
+                result = await self.client.embed(model=self.config.embedding_model or DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL, input=batch)
+
+                # result may be dict with 'embeddings' list or single 'embedding'
+                if isinstance(result, dict) and 'embeddings' in result:
+                    for emb in result['embeddings']:
+                        if isinstance(emb, dict) and 'embedding' in emb and isinstance(emb['embedding'], list | tuple):
+                            all_embeddings.append(list(emb['embedding']))
+                        elif isinstance(emb, list | tuple):
+                            all_embeddings.append(list(emb))
+                        else:
+                            # unexpected shape
+                            raise ValueError('Unexpected embedding shape in batch result')
+                else:
+                    # Fallback: maybe result itself is a list of vectors
+                    if isinstance(result, list):
+                        all_embeddings.extend(result)
+                    else:
+                        # Single embedding returned for whole batch; if so, duplicate per item
+                        embedding = None
+                        if isinstance(result, dict) and 'embedding' in result:
+                            embedding = result['embedding']
+                        if embedding is None:
+                            raise ValueError('No embeddings returned')
+                        for _ in batch:
+                            all_embeddings.append(embedding)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f'Batch embedding failed for batch {i // self.batch_size + 1}, falling back to individual processing: {e}')
+                for item in batch:
+                    try:
+                        single = await self.client.embed(model=self.config.embedding_model or DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL, input=item)
+                        emb = None
+                        if hasattr(result, 'embeddings'):
+                            _emb = result.embeddings
+                            if isinstance(_emb, list) and len(_emb) > 0:
+                                emb = _emb[0] if isinstance(_emb[0], list | tuple) else _emb # type: ignore
+                        elif isinstance(single, dict) and 'embedding' in single:
+                            emb = single['embedding']
+                        elif isinstance(single, dict) and 'embeddings' in single:
+                            emb = single['embeddings']
+                        elif isinstance(single, list | tuple):
+                            emb = single[0] if single else None # type: ignore
+                        if not emb:
+                            raise ValueError('No embeddings returned from Ollama API')
+                        all_embeddings.append(emb) # type: ignore
+                    except Exception as individual_error:
+                        logger.error(f'Failed to embed individual item: {individual_error}')
+                        raise individual_error
+
+        return all_embeddings
diff --git a/graphiti_core/graphiti.py b/graphiti_core/graphiti.py
index bebbdc7cd..05fa635e4 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/graphiti.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/graphiti.py
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ def _get_provider_type(self, client) -> str:
             return 'gemini'
         elif 'groq' in class_name:
             return 'groq'
+        elif 'ollama' in class_name:
+            return 'ollama'
         # Database providers
         elif 'neo4j' in class_name:
             return 'neo4j'
diff --git a/graphiti_core/llm_client/ollama_client.py b/graphiti_core/llm_client/ollama_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f9deebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphiti_core/llm_client/ollama_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+"""
+Copyright 2024, Zep Software, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+import json
+import logging
+import typing
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ollama import AsyncClient
+else:
+    try:
+        from ollama import AsyncClient
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError(
+            'ollama is required for OllamaClient. Install it with: pip install graphiti-core[ollama]'
+        ) from None
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from ..prompts.models import Message
+from .client import LLMClient
+from .config import LLMConfig, ModelSize
+from .errors import RateLimitError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_MODEL = 'qwen3:4b'
+DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS = 8192
+
+
+class OllamaClient(LLMClient):
+    """Ollama async client wrapper for Graphiti.
+
+    This client expects the `ollama` python package to be installed. It uses the
+    AsyncClient.chat(...) API to generate chat responses. The response content
+    is expected to be JSON which will be parsed and returned as a dict.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config: LLMConfig | None = None, cache: bool = False, client: typing.Any | None = None):
+        if config is None:
+            config = LLMConfig(max_tokens=DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS)
+        elif config.max_tokens is None:
+            config.max_tokens = DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS
+        super().__init__(config, cache)
+
+        # Allow injecting a preconfigured AsyncClient for testing
+        if client is None:
+            # AsyncClient accepts host and other httpx args; pass api_key/base_url when available
+            try:
+                host = config.base_url.rstrip('/v1') if config.base_url else None
+                self.client = AsyncClient(host=host)
+            except TypeError as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Error creating AsyncClient: {e}")
+                self.client = AsyncClient()
+        else:
+            self.client = client
+
+    async def _generate_response(
+        self,
+        messages: list[Message],
+        response_model: type[BaseModel] | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
+        model_size: ModelSize = ModelSize.medium,
+    ) -> dict[str, typing.Any]:
+        msgs: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+        for m in messages:
+            if m.role == 'user':
+                msgs.append({'role': 'user', 'content': m.content})
+            elif m.role == 'system':
+                msgs.append({'role': 'system', 'content': m.content})
+
+        try:
+            # Prepare options
+            options: dict[str, typing.Any] = {}
+            if max_tokens is not None:
+                options['max_tokens'] = max_tokens
+            if self.temperature is not None:
+                options['temperature'] = self.temperature
+
+            # If a response_model is provided, try to get its JSON schema for format
+            schema = None
+            if response_model is not None:
+                try:
+                    schema = response_model.model_json_schema()
+                except Exception:
+                    schema = None
+            response = await self.client.chat(
+                model=self.model or DEFAULT_MODEL,
+                messages=msgs,
+                stream=False,
+                format=schema,
+                options=options,
+            )
+
+            # Extract content
+            content: str | None = None
+            if isinstance(response, dict) and 'message' in response and isinstance(response['message'], dict):
+                content = response['message'].get('content')
+            else:
+                # Some clients return objects with a .message attribute instead of dicts
+                msg = getattr(response, 'message', None)
+
+                if isinstance(msg, dict):
+                    content = msg.get('content')
+                elif msg is not None:
+                    content = getattr(msg, 'content', None)
+
+            if content is None:
+                # fallback to string
+                content = str(response)
+
+            # If structured response requested, validate with pydantic model
+            if response_model is not None:
+                # Use pydantic v2 model validate json method
+                try:
+                    validated = response_model.model_validate_json(content)
+                    # return model as dict
+                    return validated.model_dump()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error(f'Failed to validate response with response_model: {e}')
+                    # fallthrough to try json loads
+
+            # Try parse JSON otherwise
+            try:
+                return json.loads(content)
+            except Exception:
+                return {'text': content}
+        except Exception as e:
+            # map obvious ollama rate limit / response errors to RateLimitError when possible
+            err_name = e.__class__.__name__
+            status_code = getattr(e, 'status_code', None) or getattr(e, 'status', None)
+            if err_name in ('RequestError', 'ResponseError') and status_code == 429:
+                raise RateLimitError from e
+            logger.error(f'Error in generating LLM response (ollama): {e}')
+            raise
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 07ca5ec00..6be109d19 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ voyageai = ["voyageai>=0.2.3"]
 neo4j-opensearch = ["boto3>=1.39.16", "opensearch-py>=3.0.0"]
 sentence-transformers = ["sentence-transformers>=3.2.1"]
 neptune = ["langchain-aws>=0.2.29", "opensearch-py>=3.0.0", "boto3>=1.39.16"]
+ollama = ["ollama>=0.5.3"]
 tracing = ["opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0", "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.20.0"]
 dev = [
     "pyright>=1.1.404",
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ dev = [
     "sentence-transformers>=3.2.1",
     "transformers>=4.45.2",
     "voyageai>=0.2.3",
+    "ollama>=0.5.3",
     "pytest>=8.3.3",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0",
     "pytest-xdist>=3.6.1",
diff --git a/tests/llm_client/test_ollama_client.py b/tests/llm_client/test_ollama_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c6f4c4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/llm_client/test_ollama_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+"""
+Copyright 2024, Zep Software, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+# Running tests: pytest -xvs tests/llm_client/test_ollama_client.py
+
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from graphiti_core.llm_client.ollama_client import OllamaClient
+from graphiti_core.prompts.models import Message
+
+# Skip tests if no Ollama API/key or local server available
+# pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+#     'OLLAMA_HOST' not in os.environ,
+#     reason='Ollama API/host not available',
+# )
+
+
+# Rename to avoid pytest collection as a test class
+class SimpleResponseModel(BaseModel):
+    message: str = Field(..., description='A message from the model')
+
+
+class Pet(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    animal: str
+    age: int
+    color: str | None
+    favorite_toy: str | None
+
+
+class PetList(BaseModel):
+    pets: list[Pet]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_generate_simple_response():
+    client = OllamaClient()
+
+    messages = [
+        Message(
+            role='user',
+            content="Respond with a JSON object containing a 'message' field with value 'Hello, world!'",
+        )
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        response = await client.generate_response(messages, response_model=SimpleResponseModel)
+        assert isinstance(response, dict)
+        assert 'message' in response
+        assert response['message'] == 'Hello, world!'
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.skip(f'Test skipped due to Ollama API error: {str(e)}')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_structured_output_with_pydantic():
+    client = OllamaClient()
+
+    messages = [
+        Message(
+            role='user',
+            content='''
+                I have two pets.
+                A cat named Luna who is 5 years old and loves playing with yarn. She has grey fur.
+                I also have a 2 year old black cat named Loki who loves tennis balls.
+            ''',
+        )
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        response = await client.generate_response(messages, response_model=PetList)
+        assert isinstance(response, dict)
+        assert 'pets' in response
+        assert isinstance(response['pets'], list)
+        assert len(response['pets']) >= 1
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.skip(f'Test skipped due to Ollama API error: {str(e)}')
+