diff --git a/guidance/models/__init__.py b/guidance/models/__init__.py
index a52ba2df8..bd5c7966d 100644
--- a/guidance/models/__init__.py
+++ b/guidance/models/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # local models
 from .transformers._transformers import Transformers, TransformersTokenizer
 from .llama_cpp import LlamaCpp
+from ._ollama import Ollama
 from ._mock import Mock, MockChat
 
 # grammarless models (we can't do constrained decoding for them)
diff --git a/guidance/models/_ollama.py b/guidance/models/_ollama.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..728748a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guidance/models/_ollama.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import os
+import json
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from ._model import Model
+from .llama_cpp._llama_cpp import LlamaCppEngine
+
+base = Path(os.getenv("OLLAMA_MODELS", Path.home() / ".ollama" / "models"))
+blobs = base / "blobs"
+library = base / "manifests" / "registry.ollama.ai" / "library"
+
+
+class Ollama(Model):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model: str,
+        echo=True,
+        compute_log_probs=False,
+        chat_template=None,
+        **llama_cpp_kwargs,
+    ):
+        """Wrapper for models pulled using Ollama.
+
+        Gets the local model path using the provided model name, and
+        then instantiates the `LlamaCppEngine` with it and other args.
+        """
+
+        manifest = library / Path(model.replace(":", "/") if ":" in model else model + "/latest")
+
+        if not manifest.exists():
+            raise ValueError(f"Model '{model}' not found in library.")
+
+        with open(manifest, "r") as f:
+            for layer in json.load(f)["layers"]:
+                if layer["mediaType"] == "application/vnd.ollama.image.model":
+                    digest: str = layer["digest"]
+                    break
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Model layer not found in manifest.")
+
+        engine = LlamaCppEngine(
+            model=(blobs / digest.replace(":", "-")),
+            compute_log_probs=compute_log_probs,
+            chat_template=chat_template,
+            **llama_cpp_kwargs,
+        )
+
+        super().__init__(engine, echo=echo)