diff --git a/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/local.rs b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/local.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6975ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/local.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use owlen_core::provider::{
+    GenerateRequest, GenerateStream, ModelInfo, ModelProvider, ProviderMetadata, ProviderStatus,
+    ProviderType,
+};
+use owlen_core::{Error as CoreError, Result as CoreResult};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use tokio::time::timeout;
+
+use super::OllamaClient;
+
+const DEFAULT_BASE_URL: &str = "http://localhost:11434";
+const DEFAULT_HEALTH_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
+
+/// ModelProvider implementation for a local Ollama daemon.
+pub struct OllamaLocalProvider {
+    client: OllamaClient,
+    health_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl OllamaLocalProvider {
+    /// Construct a new local provider using the shared [`OllamaClient`].
+    pub fn new(
+        base_url: Option<String>,
+        request_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        health_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    ) -> CoreResult<Self> {
+        let base_url = base_url.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_BASE_URL.to_string());
+        let health_timeout =
+            health_timeout.unwrap_or_else(|| Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_HEALTH_TIMEOUT_SECS));
+
+        let mut metadata =
+            ProviderMetadata::new("ollama_local", "Ollama (Local)", ProviderType::Local, false);
+        metadata
+            .metadata
+            .insert("base_url".into(), Value::String(base_url.clone()));
+        if let Some(timeout) = request_timeout {
+            metadata.metadata.insert(
+                "request_timeout_ms".into(),
+                Value::String(timeout.as_millis().to_string()),
+            );
+        }
+
+        let client = OllamaClient::new(&base_url, None, metadata, request_timeout)?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            client,
+            health_timeout,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ModelProvider for OllamaLocalProvider {
+    fn metadata(&self) -> &ProviderMetadata {
+        self.client.metadata()
+    }
+
+    async fn health_check(&self) -> CoreResult<ProviderStatus> {
+        match timeout(self.health_timeout, self.client.health_check()).await {
+            Ok(Ok(status)) => Ok(status),
+            Ok(Err(CoreError::Network(_))) | Ok(Err(CoreError::Timeout(_))) => {
+                Ok(ProviderStatus::Unavailable)
+            }
+            Ok(Err(err)) => Err(err),
+            Err(_) => Ok(ProviderStatus::Unavailable),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn list_models(&self) -> CoreResult<Vec<ModelInfo>> {
+        self.client.list_models().await
+    }
+
+    async fn generate_stream(&self, request: GenerateRequest) -> CoreResult<GenerateStream> {
+        self.client.generate_stream(request).await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/mod.rs b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/mod.rs
index 663f6f4..fd89c07 100644
--- a/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub mod local;
 pub mod shared;
 
+pub use local::OllamaLocalProvider;
 pub use shared::OllamaClient;
diff --git a/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/shared.rs b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/shared.rs
index caec128..25bb846 100644
--- a/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/shared.rs
+++ b/crates/owlen-providers/src/ollama/shared.rs
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ impl OllamaClient {
         base_url: impl AsRef<str>,
         api_key: Option<String>,
         provider_metadata: ProviderMetadata,
+        request_timeout: Option<Duration>,
     ) -> CoreResult<Self> {
         let base_url = Url::parse(base_url.as_ref())
             .map_err(|err| CoreError::Config(format!("invalid base url: {}", err)))?;
 
+        let timeout = request_timeout.unwrap_or_else(|| Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS));
         let http = Client::builder()
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS))
+            .timeout(timeout)
             .build()
             .map_err(map_reqwest_error)?;