diff --git a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
index 7f3b56c7e53..76dc6aa408d 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
+++ b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/api/OllamaApi.java
@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@ public Flux<ProgressResponse> pullModel(PullModelRequest pullModelRequest) {
 				.bodyToFlux(ProgressResponse.class);
 	}
 
+	public Flux<ProgressResponse> createModel(CreateModelRequest createModelRequest) {
+		Assert.notNull(createModelRequest, "createModelRequest must not be null");
+		Assert.isTrue(createModelRequest.stream(), "Request must set the stream property to true.");
+
+		return this.webClient.post()
+				.uri("/api/create")
+				.bodyValue(createModelRequest)
+				.retrieve()
+				.bodyToFlux(ProgressResponse.class);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Chat message object.
 	 *
@@ -741,6 +752,32 @@ public PullModelRequest(String model) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
+	public record CreateModelRequest(
+			@JsonProperty("model") String model,
+			@JsonProperty("from") String from,
+			@JsonProperty("files") Map<String, Object> files,
+			@JsonProperty("adapters") Map<String, Object> adapters,
+			@JsonProperty("template") String template,
+			@JsonProperty("license") List<String> license,
+			@JsonProperty("system") String system,
+			@JsonProperty("parameters") Map<String, Object> parameters,
+			@JsonProperty("messages") List<Message> messages,
+			@JsonProperty("stream") boolean stream,
+			@JsonProperty("quantize") String quantize
+	) {
+		public CreateModelRequest {
+			if (!stream) {
+				logger.warn("Enforcing streaming of the model creation request");
+			}
+			stream = true;
+		}
+
+		public CreateModelRequest(String model, String from) {
+			this(model, from, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, true, null);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
 	@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 	public record ProgressResponse(
diff --git a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/management/OllamaModelManager.java b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/management/OllamaModelManager.java
index e939e69d425..5a23419469b 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/management/OllamaModelManager.java
+++ b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/management/OllamaModelManager.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.springframework.ai.ollama.api.OllamaApi.DeleteModelRequest;
 import org.springframework.ai.ollama.api.OllamaApi.ListModelResponse;
 import org.springframework.ai.ollama.api.OllamaApi.PullModelRequest;
+import org.springframework.ai.ollama.api.OllamaApi.CreateModelRequest;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 
@@ -127,4 +128,26 @@ public void pullModel(String modelName, PullModelStrategy pullModelStrategy) {
 		// @formatter:on
 	}
 
+	public void createModel(String newModelName, String originalModelName) {
+		// @formatter:off
+
+		logger.info("Start creating model {} from {}", newModelName, originalModelName);
+		this.ollamaApi.createModel(new CreateModelRequest(newModelName, originalModelName))
+				.bufferUntilChanged(OllamaApi.ProgressResponse::status)
+				.doOnEach(signal -> {
+					var progressResponses = signal.get();
+					if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(progressResponses) && progressResponses.get(progressResponses.size() - 1) != null) {
+						logger.info("Creating the '{}' model - Status: {}", newModelName, progressResponses.get(progressResponses.size() - 1).status());
+					}
+				})
+				.takeUntil(progressResponses ->
+						progressResponses.get(0) != null && "success".equals(progressResponses.get(0).status()))
+				.timeout(this.options.timeout())
+				.retryWhen(Retry.backoff(this.options.maxRetries(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)))
+				.blockLast();
+		logger.info("Completed creating model {} from {}", newModelName, originalModelName);
+
+		// @formatter:on
+	}
+
 }