diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/common_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/common_utils.py
index 6ce8faa5c6..c8745f5119 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/common_utils.py
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ def convert_content_list_to_str(message: AllMessageValues) -> str:
     return texts
 
 
+def get_str_from_messages(messages: List[AllMessageValues]) -> str:
+    """
+    Converts a list of messages to a string
+    """
+    text = ""
+    for message in messages:
+        text += convert_content_list_to_str(message=message)
+    return text
+
+
 def is_non_content_values_set(message: AllMessageValues) -> bool:
     ignore_keys = ["content", "role", "name"]
     return any(
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
index ff366b2396..28e09d7ac8 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def _handle_ollama_system_message(
 
 
 def ollama_pt(
-    model, messages
+    model: str, messages: list
 ) -> Union[
     str, OllamaVisionModelObject
 ]:  # https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/af4cf55884ac54b9e637cd71dadfe9b7a5685877/docs/modelfile.md#template
diff --git a/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
index 4a7a3556ae..b4db95cfa1 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AsyncIterator, Iterator, List, Optional,
 from httpx._models import Headers, Response
 
 import litellm
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
+    get_str_from_messages,
+)
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import (
     convert_to_ollama_image,
     custom_prompt,
@@ -302,6 +305,8 @@ class OllamaConfig(BaseConfig):
         custom_prompt_dict = (
             litellm_params.get("custom_prompt_dict") or litellm.custom_prompt_dict
         )
+
+        text_completion_request = litellm_params.get("text_completion")
         if model in custom_prompt_dict:
             # check if the model has a registered custom prompt
             model_prompt_details = custom_prompt_dict[model]
@@ -311,7 +316,9 @@ class OllamaConfig(BaseConfig):
                 final_prompt_value=model_prompt_details["final_prompt_value"],
                 messages=messages,
             )
-        else:
+        elif text_completion_request:  # handle `/completions` requests
+            ollama_prompt = get_str_from_messages(messages=messages)
+        else:  # handle `/chat/completions` requests
             modified_prompt = ollama_pt(model=model, messages=messages)
             if isinstance(modified_prompt, dict):
                 ollama_prompt, images = (
diff --git a/tests/litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py b/tests/litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
index 31d541330c..75c4fc1035 100644
--- a/tests/litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
+++ b/tests/litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_streaming_handler.py
@@ -485,17 +485,21 @@ async def test_streaming_with_usage_and_logging(sync_mode: bool):
             time.sleep(1)
             mock_log_success_event.assert_called_once()
             # mock_log_stream_event.assert_called()
+            assert (
+                mock_log_success_event.call_args.kwargs["response_obj"].usage
+                == final_usage_block
+            )
         else:
             await asyncio.sleep(1)
             mock_async_log_success_event.assert_called_once()
             # mock_async_log_stream_event.assert_called()
+            assert (
+                mock_async_log_success_event.call_args.kwargs["response_obj"].usage
+                == final_usage_block
+            )
 
         print(mock_log_success_event.call_args.kwargs.keys())
 
-        mock_log_success_event.call_args.kwargs[
-            "response_obj"
-        ].usage == final_usage_block
-
 
 def test_streaming_handler_with_stop_chunk(
     initialized_custom_stream_wrapper: CustomStreamWrapper,
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_text_completion.py b/tests/local_testing/test_text_completion.py
index 11c43de2cc..c2cee53868 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_text_completion.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_text_completion.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import json
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
@@ -4285,3 +4286,25 @@ def test_text_completion_with_echo(stream):
             print(chunk)
     else:
         assert isinstance(response, TextCompletionResponse)
+
+
+def test_text_completion_ollama():
+    from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import HTTPHandler
+
+    client = HTTPHandler()
+
+    with patch.object(client, "post") as mock_call:
+        try:
+            response = litellm.text_completion(
+                model="ollama/llama3.1:8b",
+                prompt="hello",
+                client=client,
+            )
+            print(response)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+
+        mock_call.assert_called_once()
+        print(mock_call.call_args.kwargs)
+        json_data = json.loads(mock_call.call_args.kwargs["data"])
+        assert json_data["prompt"] == "hello"