diff --git a/Sources/AnyLanguageModel/Models/OllamaLanguageModel.swift b/Sources/AnyLanguageModel/Models/OllamaLanguageModel.swift
index 82be5cc7..580c177d 100644
--- a/Sources/AnyLanguageModel/Models/OllamaLanguageModel.swift
+++ b/Sources/AnyLanguageModel/Models/OllamaLanguageModel.swift
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ public struct OllamaLanguageModel: LanguageModel {
         let userSegments = extractPromptSegments(from: session, fallbackText: prompt.description)
         let (ollamaText, ollamaImages) = convertSegmentsToOllama(userSegments)
         let messages = [
-            OllamaMessage(role: .user, content: ollamaText)
+            OllamaMessage(
+                role: .user,
+                content: ollamaText,
+                images: ollamaImages.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaImages
+            )
         ]
         let ollamaOptions = convertOptions(options)
         let ollamaTools = try session.tools.map { tool in
@@ -99,7 +103,6 @@ public struct OllamaLanguageModel: LanguageModel {
             tools: ollamaTools.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaTools,
             options: ollamaOptions,
             stream: false,
-            images: ollamaImages.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaImages,
             format: ollamaFormat
         )
 
@@ -164,7 +167,11 @@ public struct OllamaLanguageModel: LanguageModel {
         let userSegments = extractPromptSegments(from: session, fallbackText: prompt.description)
         let (ollamaText, ollamaImages) = convertSegmentsToOllama(userSegments)
         let messages = [
-            OllamaMessage(role: .user, content: ollamaText)
+            OllamaMessage(
+                role: .user,
+                content: ollamaText,
+                images: ollamaImages.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaImages
+            )
         ]
         let ollamaOptions = convertOptions(options)
         let url = baseURL.appendingPathComponent("api/chat")
@@ -190,7 +197,6 @@ public struct OllamaLanguageModel: LanguageModel {
                         tools: ollamaTools.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaTools,
                         options: ollamaOptions,
                         stream: true,
-                        images: (ollamaImages.isEmpty ? nil : ollamaImages),
                         format: ollamaFormat
                     )
                     let body = try JSONEncoder().encode(params)
@@ -448,13 +454,12 @@ private func toGeneratedContent(_ value: JSONValue?) throws -> GeneratedContent
     return try GeneratedContent(json: json)
 }
 
-private func createChatParams(
+func createChatParams(
     model: String,
     messages: [OllamaMessage],
     tools: [[String: JSONValue]]?,
     options: [String: JSONValue]?,
     stream: Bool,
-    images: [String]?,
     format: JSONValue?
 ) throws -> [String: JSONValue] {
     var params: [String: JSONValue] = [
@@ -471,10 +476,6 @@ private func createChatParams(
         params["options"] = .object(options)
     }
 
-    if let images, !images.isEmpty {
-        params["images"] = .array(images.map { .string($0) })
-    }
-
     if let format {
         params["format"] = format
     }
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ private func createChatParams(
 
 // MARK: - Supporting Types
 
-private struct OllamaMessage: Hashable, Codable, Sendable {
+struct OllamaMessage: Hashable, Codable, Sendable {
     enum Role: String, Hashable, Codable, Sendable {
         case system
         case user
@@ -494,6 +495,13 @@ private struct OllamaMessage: Hashable, Codable, Sendable {
 
     let role: Role
     let content: String
+    let images: [String]?
+
+    init(role: Role, content: String, images: [String]? = nil) {
+        self.role = role
+        self.content = content
+        self.images = images
+    }
 }
 
 private func convertSegmentsToOllama(_ segments: [Transcript.Segment]) -> (String, [String]) {
diff --git a/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/OllamaLanguageModelTests.swift b/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/OllamaLanguageModelTests.swift
index 5a8911f0..937d4b79 100644
--- a/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/OllamaLanguageModelTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/OllamaLanguageModelTests.swift
@@ -174,3 +174,55 @@ struct OllamaLanguageModelTests {
         #expect(!response.content.isEmpty)
     }
 }
+
+@Suite("Ollama chat request encoding")
+struct OllamaChatRequestEncodingTests {
+    @Test func attachesImagesToTheUserMessage() throws {
+        let base64Image = Data([0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF]).base64EncodedString()
+        let params = try createChatParams(
+            model: "llava",
+            messages: [
+                OllamaMessage(
+                    role: .user,
+                    content: "What is in this image?",
+                    images: [base64Image]
+                )
+            ],
+            tools: nil,
+            options: nil,
+            stream: false,
+            format: nil
+        )
+
+        #expect(params["images"] == nil)
+
+        guard case .array(let messages)? = params["messages"],
+            case .object(let message)? = messages.first
+        else {
+            Issue.record("Expected messages to encode as an array of objects")
+            return
+        }
+        #expect(message["images"] == .array([.string(base64Image)]))
+    }
+
+    @Test func omitsImagesForTextOnlyMessages() throws {
+        let params = try createChatParams(
+            model: "llama3.2",
+            messages: [OllamaMessage(role: .user, content: "Hello")],
+            tools: nil,
+            options: nil,
+            stream: false,
+            format: nil
+        )
+
+        #expect(params["images"] == nil)
+
+        guard case .array(let messages)? = params["messages"],
+            case .object(let message)? = messages.first
+        else {
+            Issue.record("Expected messages to encode as an array of objects")
+            return
+        }
+        #expect(message["images"] == nil)
+    }
+}