diff --git a/dspy/clients/lm.py b/dspy/clients/lm.py
index 0198591302..df8e6635b5 100644
--- a/dspy/clients/lm.py
+++ b/dspy/clients/lm.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from copy import deepcopy
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -300,15 +301,49 @@ async def async_stream_completion():
         return async_stream_completion
 
 
+def _modify_ollama_request(request):
+    """Draft version to make it work on my machine / on my test"""
+    messages = request["messages"]
+    request["messages"] = []
+    for message in messages:
+        new_message = dict(
+            role=message["role"],
+        )
+        content = message["content"]
+        if isinstance(content, str):
+            new_message["content"] = content
+            request["messages"].append(new_message)
+        elif isinstance(content, list):
+            contents = message["content"]
+            new_message["content"] = []
+            for part in contents:
+                if part["type"] == "text":
+                    new_message["content"].append(part["text"])
+                elif part["type"] == "image_url":
+                    if "images" not in new_message:
+                        new_message["images"] = []
+                    new_message["images"].append(part["image_url"]["url"].split(",", 1)[1])
+            new_message["content"] = " ".join(new_message["content"])
+            request["messages"].append(new_message)
+        else:
+            NotImplementedError("Such content type is not supported")
+    return request
+
+
 def litellm_completion(request: dict[str, Any], num_retries: int, cache: dict[str, Any] | None = None):
     cache = cache or {"no-cache": True, "no-store": True}
     stream_completion = _get_stream_completion_fn(request, cache, sync=True)
+    if request["model"].split("/")[0] == "ollama_chat":
+        modified_request = _modify_ollama_request(deepcopy(request))
+    else:
+        modified_request = request
+
     if stream_completion is None:
         return litellm.completion(
             cache=cache,
             num_retries=num_retries,
             retry_strategy="exponential_backoff_retry",
-            **request,
+            **modified_request,
         )
 
     return stream_completion()