diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog.go
index f82e94bf3..fe47a33a2 100644
--- a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog.go
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ type Model struct {
 //     These typically need NetBird identity stamped onto upstream
 //     requests so the gateway's analytics and budgets attribute to the
 //     real caller; that's what IdentityInjection is for.
-//   - KindCustom: the catch-all "OpenAI-compatible self-hosted endpoint"
-//     entry (vLLM, Ollama, custom inference servers).
+//   - KindCustom: named and generic OpenAI-compatible self-hosted
+//     endpoints (vLLM, Ollama, custom inference servers).
 //
 // Frontend uses Kind to group the provider Select in the modal so an
 // operator can spot at a glance which catalog entries proxy other
@@ -701,11 +701,26 @@ var providers = []Provider{
 		BrandColor:         "#30A2FF",
 		Models:             []Model{},
 	},
+	{
+		// Ollama exposes an OpenAI-compatible /v1 API. Like vLLM, it gets a
+		// dedicated catalog id for provider-specific setup guidance while
+		// retaining the generic custom-provider routing and auth behavior.
+		ID:                 "ollama",
+		Kind:               KindCustom,
+		Name:               "Ollama",
+		Description:        "Self-hosted Ollama (OpenAI-compatible)",
+		DefaultHost:        "",
+		AuthHeaderName:     "Authorization",
+		AuthHeaderTemplate: "Bearer ${API_KEY}",
+		DefaultContentType: "application/json",
+		BrandColor:         "#000000",
+		Models:             []Model{},
+	},
 	{
 		ID:                 "custom",
 		Kind:               KindCustom,
 		Name:               "Custom / Self-hosted",
-		Description:        "OpenAI-compatible endpoint (vLLM, Ollama, …)",
+		Description:        "Other OpenAI-compatible endpoint",
 		DefaultHost:        "",
 		AuthHeaderName:     "Authorization",
 		AuthHeaderTemplate: "Bearer ${API_KEY}",
diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog_test.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96b950833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package catalog
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
+)
+
+func TestOllamaCatalogEntry(t *testing.T) {
+	entry, ok := Lookup("ollama")
+	require.True(t, ok, "Ollama must be available as a dedicated catalog provider")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, KindCustom, entry.Kind)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ollama", entry.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Self-hosted Ollama (OpenAI-compatible)", entry.Description)
+	assert.Empty(t, entry.DefaultHost, "the dashboard owns Ollama's scheme-aware HTTP placeholder")
+	assert.Equal(t, "Authorization", entry.AuthHeaderName)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Bearer ${API_KEY}", entry.AuthHeaderTemplate)
+	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", entry.DefaultContentType)
+	assert.Empty(t, entry.ParserID, "phase one must preserve the untagged vLLM/custom routing behavior")
+	assert.Empty(t, entry.Models, "Ollama models are installed dynamically on the configured endpoint")
+
+	wire := entry.ToAPIResponse()
+	assert.Equal(t, "ollama", wire.Id)
+	assert.Equal(t, api.AgentNetworkCatalogProviderKindCustom, wire.Kind)
+	assert.NotNil(t, wire.Models)
+	assert.Empty(t, wire.Models)
+}