diff --git a/aider/resources/model-settings.yml b/aider/resources/model-settings.yml
index 3607d979f..dd4315274 100644
--- a/aider/resources/model-settings.yml
+++ b/aider/resources/model-settings.yml
@@ -398,6 +398,18 @@
   editor_model_name: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat
   editor_edit_format: editor-diff
 
+- name: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1:free
+  edit_format: diff
+  weak_model_name: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat:free
+  use_repo_map: true
+  examples_as_sys_msg: true
+  extra_params:
+    max_tokens: 8192
+  caches_by_default: true
+  use_temperature: false
+  editor_model_name: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat:free
+  editor_edit_format: editor-diff
+
 - name: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner
   edit_format: diff
   weak_model_name: deepseek/deepseek-chat