diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/ollama.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/ollama.py
index 2dc198fec13..c4747a4ebb7 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/ollama.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/llms/ollama.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Dict, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional
+from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Dict, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 import aiohttp
 import requests
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ class _OllamaCommon(BaseLanguageModel):
     timeout: Optional[int] = None
     """Timeout for the request stream"""
 
+    keep_alive: Optional[Union[int, str]] = None
+    """How long the model will stay loaded into memory.
+
+    The parameter (Default: 5 minutes) can be set to:
+    1. a duration string in Golang (such as "10m" or "24h");
+    2. a number in seconds (such as 3600);
+    3. any negative number which will keep the model loaded \
+        in memory (e.g. -1 or "-1m");
+    4. 0 which will unload the model immediately after generating a response;
+
+    See the [Ollama documents](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/faq.md#how-do-i-keep-a-model-loaded-in-memory-or-make-it-unload-immediately)"""
+
     headers: Optional[dict] = None
     """Additional headers to pass to endpoint (e.g. Authorization, Referer).
     This is useful when Ollama is hosted on cloud services that require
@@ -141,6 +153,7 @@ class _OllamaCommon(BaseLanguageModel):
             },
             "system": self.system,
             "template": self.template,
+            "keep_alive": self.keep_alive,
         }
 
     @property
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/llms/test_ollama.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/llms/test_ollama.py
index 3b1798fd2e9..8807aab826c 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/llms/test_ollama.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/llms/test_ollama.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def test_handle_kwargs_top_level_parameters(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
             "prompt": "Test prompt",
             "system": "Test system prompt",
             "template": None,
+            "keep_alive": None,
         }
         assert stream is True
         assert timeout == 300
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def test_handle_kwargs_with_unknown_param(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
             "prompt": "Test prompt",
             "system": None,
             "template": None,
+            "keep_alive": None,
         }
         assert stream is True
         assert timeout == 300
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ def test_handle_kwargs_with_options(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
             "prompt": "Test prompt",
             "system": None,
             "template": None,
+            "keep_alive": None,
         }
         assert stream is True
         assert timeout == 300