diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 0d4c97ba9..bd74f7acd 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -370,6 +370,15 @@ func (c *Client) ListRunning(ctx context.Context) (*ProcessResponse, error) {
 	return &lr, nil
 }
 
+// WebSearch performs a web search using the ollama service.
+func (c *Client) WebSearch(ctx context.Context, req *SearchRequest) (*SearchResponse, error) {
+	var sr SearchResponse
+	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/web_search", req, &sr); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &sr, nil
+}
+
 // Copy copies a model - creating a model with another name from an existing
 // model.
 func (c *Client) Copy(ctx context.Context, req *CopyRequest) error {
diff --git a/api/types.go b/api/types.go
index 8cc7752ca..909277b94 100644
--- a/api/types.go
+++ b/api/types.go
@@ -1058,3 +1058,19 @@ func FormatParams(params map[string][]string) (map[string]any, error) {
 
 	return out, nil
 }
+
+// Web search types
+type SearchRequest struct {
+	Query      string `json:"query"`
+	MaxResults int    `json:"max_results,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type SearchResult struct {
+	Title   string `json:"title"`
+	URL     string `json:"url"`
+	Content string `json:"content"`
+}
+
+type SearchResponse struct {
+	Results []SearchResult `json:"results"`
+}
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 21a1b2b3d..85c0fa7fa 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -1227,6 +1227,59 @@ func (s *Server) CopyHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Server) WebSearchHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	var req api.SearchRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "missing request body"})
+		return
+	} else if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	if req.Query == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "query is required"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	if req.MaxResults <= 0 {
+		req.MaxResults = 5
+	}
+
+
+	results, err := s.callWebSearchAPI(req.Query, req.MaxResults)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(results) > req.MaxResults {
+		results = results[:req.MaxResults]
+	}
+
+	resp := api.SearchResponse{
+		Results: results,
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, resp)
+}
+
+func (s *Server) callWebSearchAPI(query string, maxResults int) ([]api.SearchResult, error) {
+	searchReq := api.SearchRequest{
+		Query:      query,
+		MaxResults: maxResults,
+	}
+	
+	client := api.NewClient(&url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "ollama.com"}, http.DefaultClient)
+	
+	searchResp, err := client.WebSearch(context.Background(), &searchReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	
+	return searchResp.Results, nil
+}
+
 func (s *Server) HeadBlobHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	path, err := GetBlobsPath(c.Param("digest"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1447,6 +1500,7 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateRoutes(rc *ollama.Registry) (http.Handler, error) {
 	r.POST("/api/chat", s.ChatHandler)
 	r.POST("/api/embed", s.EmbedHandler)
 	r.POST("/api/embeddings", s.EmbeddingsHandler)
+	r.POST("/api/web_search", s.WebSearchHandler)
 
 	// Inference (OpenAI compatibility)
 	r.POST("/v1/chat/completions", openai.ChatMiddleware(), s.ChatHandler)