diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama/OllamaChatClient.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama/OllamaChatClient.cs
index 1bb4dc4e5fb..72ddb13b2ac 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama/OllamaChatClient.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama/OllamaChatClient.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ public sealed class OllamaChatClient : IChatClient
     /// <summary>The <see cref="HttpClient"/> to use for sending requests.</summary>
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
 
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OllamaChatClient"/> class.</summary>
+    /// <param name="endpoint">The endpoint URI where Ollama is hosted.</param>
+    /// <param name="modelId">
+    /// The id of the model to use. This may also be overridden per request via <see cref="ChatOptions.ModelId"/>.
+    /// Either this parameter or <see cref="ChatOptions.ModelId"/> must provide a valid model id.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="httpClient">An <see cref="HttpClient"/> instance to use for HTTP operations.</param>
+    public OllamaChatClient(string endpoint, string? modelId = null, HttpClient? httpClient = null)
+        : this(new Uri(Throw.IfNull(endpoint)), modelId, httpClient)
+    {
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OllamaChatClient"/> class.</summary>
     /// <param name="endpoint">The endpoint URI where Ollama is hosted.</param>
     /// <param name="modelId">
diff --git a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama.Tests/OllamaChatClientTests.cs b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama.Tests/OllamaChatClientTests.cs
index 22fa54391cc..3e281173c8b 100644
--- a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama.Tests/OllamaChatClientTests.cs
+++ b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Ollama.Tests/OllamaChatClientTests.cs
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ public class OllamaChatClientTests
     [Fact]
     public void Ctor_InvalidArgs_Throws()
     {
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("endpoint", () => new OllamaChatClient(null!));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("modelId", () => new OllamaChatClient(new("http://localhost"), "   "));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("endpoint", () => new OllamaChatClient((Uri)null!));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("modelId", () => new OllamaChatClient("http://localhost", "   "));
     }
 
     [Fact]
     public void GetService_SuccessfullyReturnsUnderlyingClient()
     {
-        using OllamaChatClient client = new(new("http://localhost"));
+        using OllamaChatClient client = new("http://localhost");
 
         Assert.Same(client, client.GetService<OllamaChatClient>());
         Assert.Same(client, client.GetService<IChatClient>());
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public async Task BasicRequestResponse_NonStreaming()
 
         using VerbatimHttpHandler handler = new(Input, Output);
         using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler);
-        using OllamaChatClient client = new(new("http://localhost:11434"), "llama3.1", httpClient);
+        using OllamaChatClient client = new("http://localhost:11434", "llama3.1", httpClient);
         var response = await client.CompleteAsync("hello", new()
         {
             MaxOutputTokens = 10,
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public async Task BasicRequestResponse_Streaming()
 
         using VerbatimHttpHandler handler = new(Input, Output);
         using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler);
-        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient(new("http://localhost:11434"), "llama3.1", httpClient);
+        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient("http://localhost:11434", "llama3.1", httpClient);
 
         List<StreamingChatCompletionUpdate> updates = [];
         await foreach (var update in client.CompleteStreamingAsync("hello", new()
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public async Task MultipleMessages_NonStreaming()
 
         using VerbatimHttpHandler handler = new(Input, Output);
         using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler);
-        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient(new("http://localhost:11434"), httpClient: httpClient);
+        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient("http://localhost:11434", httpClient: httpClient);
 
         List<ChatMessage> messages =
         [
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public async Task FunctionCallContent_NonStreaming()
 
         using VerbatimHttpHandler handler = new(Input, Output);
         using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler) { Timeout = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan };
-        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient(new("http://localhost:11434"), "llama3.1", httpClient)
+        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient("http://localhost:11434", "llama3.1", httpClient)
         {
             ToolCallJsonSerializerOptions = TestJsonSerializerContext.Default.Options,
         };
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public async Task FunctionResultContent_NonStreaming()
 
         using VerbatimHttpHandler handler = new(Input, Output);
         using HttpClient httpClient = new(handler) { Timeout = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan };
-        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient(new("http://localhost:11434"), "llama3.1", httpClient)
+        using IChatClient client = new OllamaChatClient("http://localhost:11434", "llama3.1", httpClient)
         {
             ToolCallJsonSerializerOptions = TestJsonSerializerContext.Default.Options,
         };