diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/BackendIcon.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/BackendIcon.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8dc6be131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/BackendIcon.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import BackendPresetIcon from './BackendPresetIcon.svelte';
+	import type { Backend } from '$lib/types';
+	import { backendFaviconUrl, findBackendPreset } from '$lib/utils';
+	import { SvelteSet } from 'svelte/reactivity';
+
+	/** Favicons that failed to load, so a row remount does not ask again. */
+	const failedFavicons = new SvelteSet<string>();
+
+	interface Props {
+		backend?: Backend;
+		class?: string;
+	}
+
+	let { backend, class: className = 'h-4 w-4' }: Props = $props();
+
+	let preset = $derived(backend ? findBackendPreset(backend.baseUrl) : undefined);
+	let faviconUrl = $derived(preset || !backend ? null : backendFaviconUrl(backend.baseUrl));
+</script>
+
+{#if preset}
+	<BackendPresetIcon class={className} {preset} />
+{:else if faviconUrl && !failedFavicons.has(faviconUrl)}
+	<img
+		alt=""
+		class={['shrink-0 rounded-sm object-contain', className]}
+		decoding="async"
+		loading="lazy"
+		onerror={() => failedFavicons.add(faviconUrl)}
+		src={faviconUrl}
+	/>
+{/if}
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/index.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/index.ts
index 162dc2d6fd..516a7177cf 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/index.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/backends/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export { default as BackendCard } from './BackendCard.svelte';
 export { default as BackendForm } from './BackendForm.svelte';
+export { default as BackendIcon } from './BackendIcon.svelte';
 export { default as BackendPresetCard } from './BackendPresetCard.svelte';
 export { default as BackendPresetIcon } from './BackendPresetIcon.svelte';
 export { default as DialogBackendForm } from './DialogBackendForm.svelte';
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorOption.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorOption.svelte
index 244ea38c92..92c4c2394c 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorOption.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsSelector/ModelsSelectorOption.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		RotateCw
 	} from '@lucide/svelte';
 	import { ActionIcon, ModelId } from '$lib/components/app';
+	import { BackendIcon } from '$lib/components/app/backends';
 	import { HF_BASE_MODEL_TAG_REGEX, ICON_CLASS_DEFAULT } from '$lib/constants';
 	import { ModelCapability, ServerModelStatus } from '$lib/enums';
 	import { HuggingFaceService, ModelsService } from '$lib/services';
@@ -222,7 +223,13 @@
 		</div>
 
 		{#if !canLoad}
-			<!-- remote rows have no load state, the column stays out of the way -->
+			<!-- external providers carry no load state: the row shows the provider
+			     mark instead, which is what identifies it in a flat list -->
+			{#if rowBackend}
+				<div class="flex w-5 items-center justify-center">
+					<BackendIcon backend={rowBackend} class="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+				</div>
+			{/if}
 		{:else if isLoading}
 			<div class="flex w-5 items-center justify-center">
 				<Loader2 class="{ICON_CLASS_DEFAULT} animate-spin text-muted-foreground" />
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/backend.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/backend.ts
index 4dcb281602..e719513e10 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/backend.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/backend.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ export function backendModelsUrl(backend: Backend): string {
 	return joinBackendUrl(backend.baseUrl, backend.modelsPath ?? DEFAULT_BACKEND_MODELS_PATH);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Favicon of a backend's root domain, for endpoints with no bundled mark. API
+ * hosts rarely serve one, so the subdomain is dropped: `api.z.ai` -> `z.ai`.
+ * Returns null when the URL carries no usable host.
+ */
+export function backendFaviconUrl(baseUrl: string): string | null {
+	try {
+		const { hostname, protocol } = new URL(baseUrl);
+		const labels = hostname.split('.');
+		const root = labels.length > 2 ? labels.slice(-2).join('.') : hostname;
+
+		return `${protocol}//${root}/favicon.ico`;
+	} catch {
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Preset a backend was created from, matched on origin and path so a saved
  * backend keeps its branding. Returns undefined for edited or custom URLs.
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/index.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/index.ts
index 15b33702a6..79c2c67fa9 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export { ApiError, apiDelete, apiFetch, apiFetchWithParams, apiPost } from './ap
 export { validateApiKey } from './api-key-validation';
 export {
 	backendChatUrl,
+	backendFaviconUrl,
 	backendModelsUrl,
 	createLocalBackend,
 	findBackendPreset,