diff --git a/src/providers/ollama.rs b/src/providers/ollama.rs
index 979cd2f..5c7cffe 100644
--- a/src/providers/ollama.rs
+++ b/src/providers/ollama.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,31 @@ impl OllamaProvider {
         }))
     }
 
+    pub async fn unload_model(&self, model: &str) -> Result<Value, OllamaError> {
+        self.validate_model(model).await?;
+
+        let payload = json!({
+            "model":      model,
+            "prompt":     "",
+            "keep_alive": "0",
+            "stream":     false,
+        });
+
+        let res = self
+            .client
+            .post(format!("{}/api/generate", self.base_url))
+            .json(&payload)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .json::<Value>()
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(json!({
+            "model":  res.get("model"),
+            "status": "unloaded",
+        }))
+    }
+
     pub async fn completions(&self, body: Value) -> Result<Value, OllamaError> {
         let prompt = body
             .get("prompt")
diff --git a/src/routes/v1/mod.rs b/src/routes/v1/mod.rs
index 9fdecff..30059e7 100644
--- a/src/routes/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/v1/mod.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ pub fn router() -> Router<AppState> {
         .route("/completions", post(chat::completions))
         .route("/chat/completions", post(chat::chat_completions))
         .route("/models/{model}/load", post(models::load_model))
+        .route("/models/{model}/unload", post(models::unload_model))
         .layer(middleware::from_fn(auth_middleware))
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/v1/models.rs b/src/routes/v1/models.rs
index fae7eff..2f9d629 100644
--- a/src/routes/v1/models.rs
+++ b/src/routes/v1/models.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ pub async fn load_model(
     }
 }
 
+pub async fn unload_model(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    Path(model): Path<String>,
+) -> Result<Json<Value>, (axum::http::StatusCode, String)> {
+    match state.ollama.unload_model(&model).await {
+        // ← correct method
+        Ok(response) => Ok(Json(response)),
+        Err(e) => Err(ollama_err(e)),
+    }
+}
+
 fn ollama_err(e: OllamaError) -> (axum::http::StatusCode, String) {
     match e {
         OllamaError::ModelNotFound(m) => (
diff --git a/tests/ollama_provider.rs b/tests/ollama_provider.rs
index fa6f7b0..500607d 100644
--- a/tests/ollama_provider.rs
+++ b/tests/ollama_provider.rs
@@ -228,3 +228,160 @@ async fn test_chat_completions_model_not_found() {
         .unwrap_err();
     assert!(matches!(err, chat::errors::OllamaError::ModelNotFound(_)));
 }
+
+// ── load_model ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_model_ok() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/api/generate"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!({
+            "model": "llama3",
+            "done":  true,
+        })))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let res = provider.load_model("llama3", Some("10m")).await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(res["model"], "llama3");
+    assert_eq!(res["status"], "loaded");
+    assert_eq!(res["keep_alive"], "10m");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_model_default_keep_alive() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/api/generate"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!({
+            "model": "llama3",
+            "done":  true,
+        })))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let res = provider.load_model("llama3", None).await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(res["status"], "loaded");
+    assert_eq!(res["keep_alive"], "5m"); // default
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_model_not_found() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let err = provider.load_model("gpt-4", Some("10m")).await.unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(err, chat::errors::OllamaError::ModelNotFound(_)));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_model_invalid_keep_alive() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let err = provider
+        .load_model("llama3", Some("10x"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        err,
+        chat::errors::OllamaError::InvalidKeepAlive(_)
+    ));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_model_keep_alive_plain_integer() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/api/generate"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!({
+            "model": "llama3",
+            "done":  true,
+        })))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    // plain integers (seconds) and "-1" are valid
+    let res = provider.load_model("llama3", Some("3600")).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res["status"], "loaded");
+
+    let res = provider.load_model("llama3", Some("-1")).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res["status"], "loaded");
+}
+
+// ── unload_model ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_unload_model_ok() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/api/generate"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!({
+            "model": "llama3",
+            "done":  true,
+        })))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let res = provider.unload_model("llama3").await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(res["model"], "llama3");
+    assert_eq!(res["status"], "unloaded");
+    // no keep_alive field on unload response
+    assert!(res.get("keep_alive").is_none());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_unload_model_not_found() {
+    let (server, provider) = setup().await;
+
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path("/api/tags"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(models_response(&["llama3"])))
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+
+    let err = provider.unload_model("gpt-4").await.unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(err, chat::errors::OllamaError::ModelNotFound(_)));
+}