diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index a91c91cf0a0..c7dbef12a20 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -959,6 +959,10 @@ export namespace Config {
             .array(z.string())
             .optional()
             .describe("Tools that should only be available to primary agents."),
+          skip_models_refresh: z
+            .boolean()
+            .optional()
+            .describe("Skip automatic fetching of model information from models.dev on startup and timer"),
           continue_loop_on_deny: z.boolean().optional().describe("Continue the agent loop when a tool call is denied"),
           mcp_timeout: z
             .number()
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts b/packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts
index 796dcb7c238..52971606edf 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import path from "path"
 import z from "zod"
 import { data } from "./models-macro" with { type: "macro" }
 import { Installation } from "../installation"
+import { Config } from "../config/config"
 import { Flag } from "../flag/flag"
 
 export namespace ModelsDev {
   const log = Log.create({ service: "models.dev" })
   const filepath = path.join(Global.Path.cache, "models.json")
+  let timerSetup = false
 
   export const Model = z.object({
     id: z.string(),
@@ -76,7 +78,20 @@ export namespace ModelsDev {
   export type Provider = z.infer<typeof Provider>
 
   export async function get() {
-    refresh()
+    const globalConfig = await Config.global()
+    
+    // Setup timer and immediate refresh only if not skipping refresh
+    if (!globalConfig.experimental?.skip_models_refresh) {
+      // Setup timer only once
+      if (!timerSetup) {
+        timerSetup = true
+        setInterval(() => ModelsDev.refresh(), 60 * 1000 * 60).unref()
+      }
+      
+      // Trigger immediate refresh
+      refresh()
+    }
+    
     const file = Bun.file(filepath)
     const result = await file.json().catch(() => {})
     if (result) return result as Record<string, Provider>
@@ -103,5 +118,3 @@ export namespace ModelsDev {
     if (result && result.ok) await Bun.write(file, await result.text())
   }
 }
-
-setInterval(() => ModelsDev.refresh(), 60 * 1000 * 60).unref()
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/gen/types.gen.ts
index 32f33f66219..8cf77f50b7f 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -1369,6 +1369,10 @@ export type Config = {
      * Tools that should only be available to primary agents.
      */
     primary_tools?: Array<string>
+    /**
+     * Skip automatic fetching of model information from models.dev on startup and timer
+     */
+    skip_models_refresh?: boolean
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index fb3be8208ac..7a7961e84bd 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -1671,6 +1671,10 @@ export type Config = {
      * Tools that should only be available to primary agents.
      */
     primary_tools?: Array<string>
+    /**
+     * Skip automatic fetching of model information from models.dev on startup and timer
+     */
+    skip_models_refresh?: boolean
     /**
      * Continue the agent loop when a tool call is denied
      */