diff --git a/src/bub/builtin/model_runner.py b/src/bub/builtin/model_runner.py
index 0684f8fc..2664b964 100644
--- a/src/bub/builtin/model_runner.py
+++ b/src/bub/builtin/model_runner.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Literal, cast
 
 from any_llm import AnyLLM
+from any_llm.providers.openai.base import BaseOpenAIProvider
 from any_llm.types.completion import (
     ChatCompletion,
     ChatCompletionChunk,
@@ -36,6 +37,19 @@
 CompletionResult = ChatCompletion | ParsedChatCompletion[Any] | AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]
 
 
+def _stream_usage_options(llm: AnyLLM, *, stream: bool) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """Make streaming completions report token usage.
+
+    OpenAI-style streaming responses omit the `usage` block unless the request
+    sets `stream_options.include_usage`; without it every streamed run records
+    zero tokens (and zero cost). Only OpenAI-compatible providers accept the
+    field, so gate on the provider base class — anthropic/gemini reject it.
+    """
+    if stream and isinstance(llm, BaseOpenAIProvider):
+        return {"include_usage": True}
+    return None
+
+
 class ModelRunner:
     def __init__(self, settings: AgentSettings) -> None:
         self.settings = settings
@@ -61,12 +75,14 @@ async def completion_response(
         completion_error: Exception | None = None
         for index, (candidate, llm) in enumerate(clients):
             try:
+                streaming = llm.SUPPORTS_COMPLETION_STREAMING
                 return await llm.acompletion(
                     model=candidate.model_id,
                     messages=completion_messages,
                     tools=tool_payloads,
                     max_tokens=self.settings.max_tokens,
-                    stream=llm.SUPPORTS_COMPLETION_STREAMING,
+                    stream=streaming,
+                    stream_options=_stream_usage_options(llm, stream=streaming),
                 )
             except Exception as exc:
                 if completion_error is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_builtin_model_runner.py b/tests/test_builtin_model_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7daebe71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_builtin_model_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+from any_llm.constants import LLMProvider
+from any_llm.providers.openai.base import BaseOpenAIProvider
+from any_llm.types.completion import ChatCompletionChunk
+
+from bub.builtin.model_runner import ModelRunner
+from bub.builtin.settings import AgentSettings, ModelCandidate
+from bub.builtin.tape import Tape
+from bub.tape import AsyncTapeStoreAdapter, InMemoryTapeStore, TapeContext
+
+
+class _FakeStreamingOpenAIProvider(BaseOpenAIProvider):
+    SUPPORTS_COMPLETION_STREAMING = True
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.completion_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+    async def acompletion(self, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]:
+        self.completion_kwargs = kwargs
+        include_usage = kwargs.get("stream_options") == {"include_usage": True}
+
+        async def stream() -> AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]:
+            yield ChatCompletionChunk.model_validate({
+                "id": "chatcmpl_test",
+                "object": "chat.completion.chunk",
+                "created": 0,
+                "model": "gpt-test",
+                "choices": [
+                    {
+                        "index": 0,
+                        "finish_reason": None,
+                        "delta": {"role": "assistant", "content": "done"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            })
+            final_chunk: dict[str, Any] = {
+                "id": "chatcmpl_test",
+                "object": "chat.completion.chunk",
+                "created": 0,
+                "model": "gpt-test",
+                "choices": [],
+            }
+            if include_usage:
+                final_chunk["usage"] = {"prompt_tokens": 3, "completion_tokens": 2, "total_tokens": 5}
+            yield ChatCompletionChunk.model_validate(final_chunk)
+
+        return stream()
+
+
+class _FakeOpenAIModelRunner(ModelRunner):
+    def __init__(self, settings: AgentSettings, llm: _FakeStreamingOpenAIProvider) -> None:
+        super().__init__(settings)
+        self._llm = llm
+
+    def iter_llm_clients(self, model: str) -> Iterator[tuple[ModelCandidate, _FakeStreamingOpenAIProvider]]:
+        yield ModelCandidate(provider=LLMProvider.OPENAI, model_id=model, name=f"openai:{model}"), self._llm
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streaming_openai_usage_is_requested_and_recorded_in_tape(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    store = InMemoryTapeStore()
+    tape = Tape(tmp_path, AsyncTapeStoreAdapter(store), TapeContext()).scoped("test-tape")
+    llm = _FakeStreamingOpenAIProvider()
+    runner = _FakeOpenAIModelRunner(
+        AgentSettings.model_construct(model="openai:gpt-test", max_tokens=100, model_timeout_seconds=None),
+        llm,
+    )
+
+    await tape.ensure_bootstrap_anchor()
+    events = [
+        event async for event in runner.run(tape=tape, model="gpt-test", tools=[], system_prompt=None, prompt="hello")
+    ]
+
+    assert llm.completion_kwargs is not None
+    assert llm.completion_kwargs["stream"] is True
+    assert llm.completion_kwargs["stream_options"] == {"include_usage": True}
+    assert [(event.kind, event.data) for event in events] == [
+        ("text", {"delta": "done"}),
+        ("final", {"ok": True, "text": "done"}),
+    ]
+    run_events = [
+        entry for entry in store.read("test-tape") or [] if entry.kind == "event" and entry.payload.get("name") == "run"
+    ]
+    assert len(run_events) == 1
+    assert run_events[0].payload["data"]["usage"] == {
+        "completion_tokens": 2,
+        "prompt_tokens": 3,
+        "total_tokens": 5,
+    }