diff --git a/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md b/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07594f0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-glasses-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@layerzerolabs/devtools-solana": patch
+---
+
+introduce escape hatch for assertValidSolanaAdmin
diff --git a/examples/oft-solana/layerzero.config.ts b/examples/oft-solana/layerzero.config.ts
index d4b336ed8..80f80d62e 100644
--- a/examples/oft-solana/layerzero.config.ts
+++ b/examples/oft-solana/layerzero.config.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ export default async function () {
     ])
 
     return {
-        contracts: [{ contract: arbitrumContract }, { contract: solanaContract }],
+        contracts: [
+            { contract: arbitrumContract },
+            { contract: solanaContract, config: { delegate: '2XgGZG4oP29U3w5h4nTk1V2LFHL23zKDPJjs3psGzLKQ' } },
+        ],
         connections,
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts b/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
index f28eaf32e..43955268e 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-solana/src/common/addresses.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ export async function isSquadsV4Vault(address: string): Promise<boolean> {
 }
 
 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 pubkey = new PublicKey(address)
 
     try {
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 420acc697..453e21e76 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_OFT_EXAMPLE",
     "LZ_ENABLE_SOLANA_OAPP_EXAMPLE",
     "LZ_ENABLE_READ_EXAMPLE",