diff --git a/src/daemon/http/index.ts b/src/daemon/http/index.ts
index c7ad64a..17e694a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/http/index.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/http/index.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ type DaemonDeps = {
   getModelProviders: (modelId: string) => Promise<any>;
   refreshProvidersAndModels: () => Promise<void>;
   mode?: ClientMode;
-  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/model events (kind 38425/38423). */
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/audit events (kind 38425). */
   routstrPubkey?: string;
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for the routstr-21 model list only (kind 38423). Falls back to routstrPubkey. */
+  routstrModelsPubkey?: string;
   providerManager: ProviderManager;
   refundClient: any;
   requestResponseLogSink?: RequestResponseLogSink;
@@ -386,8 +388,10 @@ export function createDaemonRequestHandler(deps: {
   mode?: "xcashu" | "apikeys";
   /** Default max_tokens/max_output_tokens to inject when the client omits one. */
   maxTokens: number;
-  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/model events (kind 38425/38423). */
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/audit events (kind 38425). */
   routstrPubkey?: string;
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for the routstr-21 model list only (kind 38423). Falls back to routstrPubkey. */
+  routstrModelsPubkey?: string;
   usageTrackingDriver: UsageTrackingDriver;
   providerManager: ProviderManager;
   refundClient: any;
@@ -1763,6 +1767,9 @@ export function createDaemonRequestHandler(deps: {
           ? { requestResponseLogSink: deps.requestResponseLogSink }
           : {}),
         ...(deps.routstrPubkey ? { routstrPubkey: deps.routstrPubkey } : {}),
+        ...(deps.routstrModelsPubkey
+          ? { routstrModelsPubkey: deps.routstrModelsPubkey }
+          : {}),
       });
 
       // Bridge the Web `Response` to the Node `ServerResponse`: status +
diff --git a/src/daemon/index.ts b/src/daemon/index.ts
index 19518bd..5d7dac0 100644
--- a/src/daemon/index.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/index.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     logger: daemonSdkLogger,
     eventStoreDbPath: `${CONFIG_DIR}/events.db`,
     routstrPubkey: config.routstrPubkey,
+    routstrModelsPubkey: config.routstrModelsPubkey,
     nostrRelays: config.relays,
   });
   // Create shared ProviderManager for consistent failure tracking across all requests
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
       mode: config.mode || "apikeys",
       maxTokens: config.maxTokens ?? 64000,
       routstrPubkey: config.routstrPubkey,
+      routstrModelsPubkey: config.routstrModelsPubkey,
       usageTrackingDriver,
       providerManager,
       refundClient,
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
index 49a193e..59f785c 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ export interface RoutstrdConfig {
    * Defaults to daemonUrl or localhost:{port} if not set. */
   authUrl?: string;
   nsec?: string;
-  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/model events (kind 38425/38423). */
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for routstr review/audit events (kind 38425). */
   routstrPubkey?: string;
+  /** Nostr hex pubkey for the routstr-21 model list only (kind 38423). Falls back to routstrPubkey. */
+  routstrModelsPubkey?: string;
   /** Nostr relay URLs for provider/model discovery (kinds 38421/38423/38425).
    * When unset, each method uses its own built-in defaults. */
   relays?: string[];