diff --git a/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/agentgateway-backend-ollama.yaml b/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/agentgateway-backend-ollama.yaml
index fc1dfa5..e6a65c1 100644
--- a/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/agentgateway-backend-ollama.yaml
+++ b/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/agentgateway-backend-ollama.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ spec:
         '*': Passthrough
         /v1/chat/completions: Completions
         /v1/embeddings: Passthrough
-        /v1/models: Passthrough
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+        /v1/models: Passthrough
+  auth:
+    secretRef:
+      name: ollama-secret
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diff --git a/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/ollama-secret.yaml b/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/ollama-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9feea2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04-agentgateway-proxy/templates/ollama-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  Authorization: b2xsYW1h
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: ollama-secret
+  namespace: agentgateway-system
+type: Opaque
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