diff --git a/src/api/providers/__tests__/native-ollama.spec.ts b/src/api/providers/__tests__/native-ollama.spec.ts
index 73327a3012c..a6a914c5114 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/__tests__/native-ollama.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/__tests__/native-ollama.spec.ts
@@ -605,4 +605,233 @@ describe("NativeOllamaHandler", () => {
 			expect(firstEndIndex).toBeGreaterThan(lastPartialIndex)
 		})
 	})
+
+	describe("native thinking support", () => {
+		it("should yield reasoning from native thinking field", async () => {
+			// Mock response with native thinking field (Ollama 0.5.0+)
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield {
+					message: {
+						content: "",
+						thinking: "Let me analyze this problem...",
+					},
+				}
+				yield {
+					message: {
+						content: "",
+						thinking: " First, I need to consider X.",
+					},
+				}
+				yield {
+					message: {
+						content: "The answer is 42",
+					},
+				}
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "What is the answer?" }])
+			const results = []
+
+			for await (const chunk of stream) {
+				results.push(chunk)
+			}
+
+			// Should have reasoning chunks from native thinking field
+			const reasoningChunks = results.filter((r) => r.type === "reasoning")
+			expect(reasoningChunks).toHaveLength(2)
+			expect(reasoningChunks[0]).toEqual({ type: "reasoning", text: "Let me analyze this problem..." })
+			expect(reasoningChunks[1]).toEqual({ type: "reasoning", text: " First, I need to consider X." })
+
+			// Should also have the text response
+			const textChunks = results.filter((r) => r.type === "text")
+			expect(textChunks.some((c) => c.text === "The answer is 42")).toBe(true)
+		})
+
+		it("should pass think option when reasoning is enabled with model support", async () => {
+			mockGetOllamaModels.mockResolvedValue({
+				"thinking-model": {
+					contextWindow: 4096,
+					maxTokens: 4096,
+					supportsImages: false,
+					supportsPromptCache: false,
+					supportsReasoningEffort: true,
+				},
+			})
+
+			const options: ApiHandlerOptions = {
+				apiModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaBaseUrl: "http://localhost:11434",
+				enableReasoningEffort: true,
+				reasoningEffort: "high",
+			}
+
+			handler = new NativeOllamaHandler(options)
+
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield { message: { content: "Response" } }
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "Test" }])
+
+			for await (const _ of stream) {
+				// consume stream
+			}
+
+			// Verify think option was passed with high value
+			expect(mockChat).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+				expect.objectContaining({
+					think: "high",
+				}),
+			)
+		})
+
+		it("should pass think: medium when reasoningEffort is medium", async () => {
+			mockGetOllamaModels.mockResolvedValue({
+				"thinking-model": {
+					contextWindow: 4096,
+					maxTokens: 4096,
+					supportsImages: false,
+					supportsPromptCache: false,
+					supportsReasoningEffort: true,
+				},
+			})
+
+			const options: ApiHandlerOptions = {
+				apiModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaBaseUrl: "http://localhost:11434",
+				enableReasoningEffort: true,
+				reasoningEffort: "medium",
+			}
+
+			handler = new NativeOllamaHandler(options)
+
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield { message: { content: "Response" } }
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "Test" }])
+
+			for await (const _ of stream) {
+				// consume stream
+			}
+
+			expect(mockChat).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+				expect.objectContaining({
+					think: "medium",
+				}),
+			)
+		})
+
+		it("should pass think: low when reasoningEffort is low or minimal", async () => {
+			mockGetOllamaModels.mockResolvedValue({
+				"thinking-model": {
+					contextWindow: 4096,
+					maxTokens: 4096,
+					supportsImages: false,
+					supportsPromptCache: false,
+					supportsReasoningEffort: true,
+				},
+			})
+
+			const options: ApiHandlerOptions = {
+				apiModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaModelId: "thinking-model",
+				ollamaBaseUrl: "http://localhost:11434",
+				enableReasoningEffort: true,
+				reasoningEffort: "low",
+			}
+
+			handler = new NativeOllamaHandler(options)
+
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield { message: { content: "Response" } }
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "Test" }])
+
+			for await (const _ of stream) {
+				// consume stream
+			}
+
+			expect(mockChat).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+				expect.objectContaining({
+					think: "low",
+				}),
+			)
+		})
+
+		it("should not pass think option when reasoning is not enabled", async () => {
+			mockGetOllamaModels.mockResolvedValue({
+				llama2: {
+					contextWindow: 4096,
+					maxTokens: 4096,
+					supportsImages: false,
+					supportsPromptCache: false,
+					// No supportsReasoningEffort
+				},
+			})
+
+			const options: ApiHandlerOptions = {
+				apiModelId: "llama2",
+				ollamaModelId: "llama2",
+				ollamaBaseUrl: "http://localhost:11434",
+				// No enableReasoningEffort
+			}
+
+			handler = new NativeOllamaHandler(options)
+
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield { message: { content: "Response" } }
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "Test" }])
+
+			for await (const _ of stream) {
+				// consume stream
+			}
+
+			// Verify think option was NOT passed (or is undefined)
+			expect(mockChat).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+				expect.objectContaining({
+					think: undefined,
+				}),
+			)
+		})
+
+		it("should handle both native thinking and tag-based reasoning", async () => {
+			// Some models might use both methods
+			mockChat.mockImplementation(async function* () {
+				yield {
+					message: {
+						content: "",
+						thinking: "Native thinking here",
+					},
+				}
+				yield {
+					message: {
+						content: "<think>Tag-based thinking</think>The final answer",
+					},
+				}
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage("System", [{ role: "user" as const, content: "Test" }])
+			const results = []
+
+			for await (const chunk of stream) {
+				results.push(chunk)
+			}
+
+			// Should have reasoning from both sources
+			const reasoningChunks = results.filter((r) => r.type === "reasoning")
+			expect(reasoningChunks.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+
+			// Check native thinking was captured
+			expect(reasoningChunks.some((c) => c.text === "Native thinking here")).toBe(true)
+
+			// Check tag-based thinking was captured
+			expect(reasoningChunks.some((c) => c.text === "Tag-based thinking")).toBe(true)
+		})
+	})
 })
diff --git a/src/api/providers/native-ollama.ts b/src/api/providers/native-ollama.ts
index 99c1dc03cfa..29a9f38cade 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/native-ollama.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/native-ollama.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ModelInfo, openAiModelInfoSaneDefaults, DEEP_SEEK_DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE }
 import { ApiStream } from "../transform/stream"
 import { BaseProvider } from "./base-provider"
 import type { ApiHandlerOptions } from "../../shared/api"
+import { shouldUseReasoningEffort } from "../../shared/api"
 import { getOllamaModels } from "./fetchers/ollama"
 import { TagMatcher } from "../../utils/tag-matcher"
 import type { SingleCompletionHandler, ApiHandlerCreateMessageMetadata } from "../index"
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ interface OllamaChatOptions {
 	num_ctx?: number
 }
 
+// Ollama think option type: boolean or effort level
+type OllamaThinkOption = boolean | "high" | "medium" | "low"
+
 function convertToOllamaMessages(anthropicMessages: Anthropic.Messages.MessageParam[]): Message[] {
 	const ollamaMessages: Message[] = []
 
@@ -155,6 +159,37 @@ export class NativeOllamaHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletio
 		this.options = options
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determines the Ollama `think` option value based on model and settings.
+	 * Returns undefined if thinking is not enabled, otherwise returns the
+	 * appropriate effort level or true for basic thinking.
+	 */
+	private getThinkOption(modelInfo: ModelInfo): OllamaThinkOption | undefined {
+		// Check if reasoning should be enabled based on model and settings
+		const useReasoning = shouldUseReasoningEffort({
+			model: modelInfo,
+			settings: this.options,
+		})
+
+		if (!useReasoning) {
+			return undefined
+		}
+
+		// Map reasoning effort to Ollama think option
+		const effort = this.options.reasoningEffort
+
+		if (effort === "high" || effort === "xhigh") {
+			return "high"
+		} else if (effort === "medium") {
+			return "medium"
+		} else if (effort === "low" || effort === "minimal") {
+			return "low"
+		}
+
+		// Default to true (let Ollama decide) when reasoning is enabled but no specific effort
+		return true
+	}
+
 	private ensureClient(): Ollama {
 		if (!this.client) {
 			try {
@@ -206,7 +241,7 @@ export class NativeOllamaHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletio
 		metadata?: ApiHandlerCreateMessageMetadata,
 	): ApiStream {
 		const client = this.ensureClient()
-		const { id: modelId } = await this.fetchModel()
+		const { id: modelId, info: modelInfo } = await this.fetchModel()
 		const useR1Format = modelId.toLowerCase().includes("deepseek-r1")
 
 		const ollamaMessages: Message[] = [
@@ -214,6 +249,9 @@ export class NativeOllamaHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletio
 			...convertToOllamaMessages(messages),
 		]
 
+		// Determine if native thinking should be enabled
+		const thinkOption = this.getThinkOption(modelInfo)
+
 		const matcher = new TagMatcher(
 			"think",
 			(chunk) =>
@@ -235,12 +273,14 @@ export class NativeOllamaHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletio
 			}
 
 			// Create the actual API request promise
+			// Include think option if reasoning is enabled (Ollama 0.5.0+)
 			const stream = await client.chat({
 				model: modelId,
 				messages: ollamaMessages,
 				stream: true,
 				options: chatOptions,
 				tools: this.convertToolsToOllama(metadata?.tools),
+				think: thinkOption,
 			})
 
 			let totalInputTokens = 0
@@ -252,8 +292,15 @@ export class NativeOllamaHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletio
 
 			try {
 				for await (const chunk of stream) {
+					// Handle native thinking field (Ollama 0.5.0+)
+					// This is the preferred method for models that support it
+					const thinking = (chunk.message as Message & { thinking?: string }).thinking
+					if (typeof thinking === "string" && thinking.length > 0) {
+						yield { type: "reasoning", text: thinking }
+					}
+
 					if (typeof chunk.message.content === "string" && chunk.message.content.length > 0) {
-						// Process content through matcher for reasoning detection
+						// Process content through matcher for reasoning detection (fallback for <think> tags)
 						for (const matcherChunk of matcher.update(chunk.message.content)) {
 							yield matcherChunk
 						}