diff --git a/plugins/openai/src/dalle.ts b/plugins/openai/src/dalle.ts
index 6e7085b7..406ed679 100644
--- a/plugins/openai/src/dalle.ts
+++ b/plugins/openai/src/dalle.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const dallE3 = modelRef({
       output: ['media'],
       multiturn: false,
       tools: false,
+      systemRole: false,
     },
   },
   configSchema: DallE3ConfigSchema,
diff --git a/plugins/openai/src/gpt.ts b/plugins/openai/src/gpt.ts
index 694cd0af..93bf2e69 100644
--- a/plugins/openai/src/gpt.ts
+++ b/plugins/openai/src/gpt.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export const gpt4Turbo = modelRef({
       multiturn: true,
       tools: true,
       media: true,
+      systemRole: true,
       output: ['text', 'json'],
     },
   },
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ export const gpt4Vision = modelRef({
       multiturn: true,
       tools: false,
       media: true,
+      systemRole: true,
       output: ['text'],
     },
   },
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ export const gpt4 = modelRef({
       multiturn: true,
       tools: true,
       media: false,
+      systemRole: true,
       output: ['text'],
     },
   },
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ export const gpt35Turbo = modelRef({
       multiturn: true,
       tools: true,
       media: false,
+      systemRole: true,
       output: ['json', 'text'],
     },
   },