diff --git a/src/agents/models-config.providers.ts b/src/agents/models-config.providers.ts
index f5723c53b0ce..6253b2d2d4f7 100644
--- a/src/agents/models-config.providers.ts
+++ b/src/agents/models-config.providers.ts
@@ -111,13 +111,31 @@ interface OllamaTagsResponse {
   models: OllamaModel[];
 }
 
-async function discoverOllamaModels(): Promise<ModelDefinitionConfig[]> {
+/**
+ * Derive the Ollama native API base URL from a configured base URL.
+ *
+ * Users typically configure `baseUrl` with a `/v1` suffix (e.g.
+ * `http://192.168.20.14:11434/v1`) for the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+ * The native Ollama API lives at the root (e.g. `/api/tags`), so we
+ * strip the `/v1` suffix when present.
+ */
+function resolveOllamaApiBase(configuredBaseUrl?: string): string {
+  if (!configuredBaseUrl) {
+    return OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL;
+  }
+  // Strip trailing slash, then strip /v1 suffix if present
+  const trimmed = configuredBaseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  return trimmed.replace(/\/v1$/i, "");
+}
+
+async function discoverOllamaModels(baseUrl?: string): Promise<ModelDefinitionConfig[]> {
   // Skip Ollama discovery in test environments
   if (process.env.VITEST || process.env.NODE_ENV === "test") {
     return [];
   }
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(`${OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL}/api/tags`, {
+    const apiBase = resolveOllamaApiBase(baseUrl);
+    const response = await fetch(`${apiBase}/api/tags`, {
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
     });
     if (!response.ok) {
@@ -410,10 +428,10 @@ async function buildVeniceProvider(): Promise<ProviderConfig> {
   };
 }
 
-async function buildOllamaProvider(): Promise<ProviderConfig> {
-  const models = await discoverOllamaModels();
+async function buildOllamaProvider(configuredBaseUrl?: string): Promise<ProviderConfig> {
+  const models = await discoverOllamaModels(configuredBaseUrl);
   return {
-    baseUrl: OLLAMA_BASE_URL,
+    baseUrl: configuredBaseUrl ?? OLLAMA_BASE_URL,
     api: "openai-completions",
     models,
   };
@@ -456,6 +474,7 @@ export function buildQianfanProvider(): ProviderConfig {
 
 export async function resolveImplicitProviders(params: {
   agentDir: string;
+  explicitProviders?: Record<string, ProviderConfig> | null;
 }): Promise<ModelsConfig["providers"]> {
   const providers: Record<string, ProviderConfig> = {};
   const authStore = ensureAuthProfileStore(params.agentDir, {
@@ -541,12 +560,15 @@ export async function resolveImplicitProviders(params: {
     break;
   }
 
-  // Ollama provider - only add if explicitly configured
+  // Ollama provider - only add if explicitly configured.
+  // Use the user's configured baseUrl (from explicit providers) for model
+  // discovery so that remote / non-default Ollama instances are reachable.
   const ollamaKey =
     resolveEnvApiKeyVarName("ollama") ??
     resolveApiKeyFromProfiles({ provider: "ollama", store: authStore });
   if (ollamaKey) {
-    providers.ollama = { ...(await buildOllamaProvider()), apiKey: ollamaKey };
+    const ollamaBaseUrl = params.explicitProviders?.ollama?.baseUrl;
+    providers.ollama = { ...(await buildOllamaProvider(ollamaBaseUrl)), apiKey: ollamaKey };
   }
 
   const togetherKey =
diff --git a/src/agents/models-config.ts b/src/agents/models-config.ts
index 6664905ff4bf..b44c0d60b604 100644
--- a/src/agents/models-config.ts
+++ b/src/agents/models-config.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export async function ensureOpenClawModelsJson(
   const agentDir = agentDirOverride?.trim() ? agentDirOverride.trim() : resolveOpenClawAgentDir();
 
   const explicitProviders = cfg.models?.providers ?? {};
-  const implicitProviders = await resolveImplicitProviders({ agentDir });
+  const implicitProviders = await resolveImplicitProviders({ agentDir, explicitProviders });
   const providers: Record<string, ProviderConfig> = mergeProviders({
     implicit: implicitProviders,
     explicit: explicitProviders,