diff --git a/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md b/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07594f0f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@layerzerolabs/devtools-solana": patch
+---
+
+introduce escape hatch for assertValidSolanaAdmin
diff --git a/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts b/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
index 59c20bd4f6..acbdce9802 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ export async function isSquadsV4Vault(eid: EndpointId, address: string): Promise
  * - Address is off-curve AND account exists AND owned by Squads V3 Program (legacy, allowed with warning)
  */
 export async function assertValidSolanaAdmin(connection: Connection, address: string): Promise<void> {
+    // Skip validation if environment variable is set
+    if (process.env.LZ_SKIP_SOLANA_ADMIN_VALIDATION) {
+        console.warn(
+            '\n\nWarning: LZ_SKIP_SOLANA_ADMIN_VALIDATION is set. Skipping Solana admin validation. Only use this is you are using a non-Squads Multisig.\n\n'
+        )
+        return
+    }
+
     const logger = createLogger()
     const pubkey = new PublicKey(address)
 
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 92e5cc9082..751447efa0 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "LZ_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_PARALLEL_EXECUTION",
     "LZ_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_RETRY",
     "LZ_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SIMULATION",
+    "LZ_SKIP_SOLANA_ADMIN_VALIDATION",
     "LZ_ENABLE_SOLANA_OAPP_EXAMPLE",
     "LZ_ENABLE_READ_EXAMPLE",
     "LZ_ENABLE_ZKSOLC_EXAMPLE",