diff --git a/v2/config.go b/v2/config.go
index b7314ecf..a74964e0 100644
--- a/v2/config.go
+++ b/v2/config.go
@@ -395,16 +395,21 @@ type QueryConfig struct {
 	// operation. A DefaultQuorum of 0 means that we search the network until
 	// we have exhausted the keyspace.
 	DefaultQuorum int
+
+	// SkipConnectivityCheck defines whether we do a connectivity check before
+	// we add peers to the routing table.
+	SkipConnectivityCheck bool
 }
 
 // DefaultQueryConfig returns the default query configuration options for a DHT.
 func DefaultQueryConfig() *QueryConfig {
 	return &QueryConfig{
-		Concurrency:        3,               // MAGIC
-		Timeout:            5 * time.Minute, // MAGIC
-		RequestConcurrency: 3,               // MAGIC
-		RequestTimeout:     time.Minute,     // MAGIC
-		DefaultQuorum:      0,               // MAGIC
+		Concurrency:           3,               // MAGIC
+		Timeout:               5 * time.Minute, // MAGIC
+		RequestConcurrency:    3,               // MAGIC
+		RequestTimeout:        time.Minute,     // MAGIC
+		DefaultQuorum:         0,               // MAGIC
+		SkipConnectivityCheck: false,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/v2/dht.go b/v2/dht.go
index 86e3b97f..96dea3a8 100644
--- a/v2/dht.go
+++ b/v2/dht.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func New(h host.Host, cfg *Config) (*DHT, error) {
 	coordCfg.Routing.Logger = cfg.Logger.With("behaviour", "routing")
 	coordCfg.Routing.Tracer = cfg.TracerProvider.Tracer(tele.TracerName)
 	coordCfg.Routing.Meter = cfg.MeterProvider.Meter(tele.MeterName)
+	coordCfg.Routing.IncludeSkipCheck = cfg.Query.SkipConnectivityCheck
 
 	rtr := &router{
 		host:       h,
diff --git a/v2/internal/coord/routing.go b/v2/internal/coord/routing.go
index bf019752..6d85e29f 100644
--- a/v2/internal/coord/routing.go
+++ b/v2/internal/coord/routing.go
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ type RoutingConfig struct {
 	// ProbeCheckInterval is the time interval the behaviour should use between connectivity checks for the same node in the routing table.
 	ProbeCheckInterval time.Duration
 
+	// IncludeSkipCheck indicates whether we perform connectivity checks before we add a peer to the routing table.
+	IncludeSkipCheck bool
+
 	// IncludeQueueCapacity is the maximum number of nodes the behaviour should keep queued as candidates for inclusion in the routing table.
 	IncludeQueueCapacity int
 
@@ -268,6 +271,7 @@ func DefaultRoutingConfig() *RoutingConfig {
 		ProbeRequestConcurrency: 3,             // MAGIC
 		ProbeCheckInterval:      6 * time.Hour, // MAGIC
 
+		IncludeSkipCheck:          false,
 		IncludeRequestConcurrency: 3,   // MAGIC
 		IncludeQueueCapacity:      128, // MAGIC
 
@@ -307,6 +311,22 @@ type RoutingBehaviour struct {
 	ready     chan struct{}
 }
 
+type Recording2SM[E any, S any] struct {
+	State    S
+	Received E
+}
+
+func NewRecording2SM[E any, S any](response S) *Recording2SM[E, S] {
+	return &Recording2SM[E, S]{
+		State: response,
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *Recording2SM[E, S]) Advance(ctx context.Context, e E) S {
+	r.Received = e
+	return r.State
+}
+
 func NewRoutingBehaviour(self kadt.PeerID, rt routing.RoutingTableCpl[kadt.Key, kadt.PeerID], cfg *RoutingConfig) (*RoutingBehaviour, error) {
 	if cfg == nil {
 		cfg = DefaultRoutingConfig()
@@ -331,6 +351,7 @@ func NewRoutingBehaviour(self kadt.PeerID, rt routing.RoutingTableCpl[kadt.Key,
 	includeCfg.Clock = cfg.Clock
 	includeCfg.Tracer = cfg.Tracer
 	includeCfg.Meter = cfg.Meter
+	includeCfg.SkipCheck = cfg.IncludeSkipCheck
 	includeCfg.Timeout = cfg.ConnectivityCheckTimeout
 	includeCfg.QueueCapacity = cfg.IncludeQueueCapacity
 	includeCfg.Concurrency = cfg.IncludeRequestConcurrency
diff --git a/v2/internal/coord/routing/include.go b/v2/internal/coord/routing/include.go
index 4aad5383..2fdca7de 100644
--- a/v2/internal/coord/routing/include.go
+++ b/v2/internal/coord/routing/include.go
@@ -61,12 +61,9 @@ type IncludeConfig struct {
 	Concurrency   int           // the maximum number of include checks that may be in progress at any one time
 	Timeout       time.Duration // the time to wait before terminating a check that is not making progress
 	Clock         clock.Clock   // a clock that may replaced by a mock when testing
-
-	// Tracer is the tracer that should be used to trace execution.
-	Tracer trace.Tracer
-
-	// Meter is the meter that should be used to record metrics.
-	Meter metric.Meter
+	SkipCheck     bool          // whether to skip connectivity checks and add any node passed to this state machine
+	Tracer        trace.Tracer  // Tracer is the tracer that should be used to trace execution.
+	Meter         metric.Meter  // Meter is the meter that should be used to record metrics.
 }
 
 // Validate checks the configuration options and returns an error if any have invalid values.
@@ -124,6 +121,7 @@ func DefaultIncludeConfig() *IncludeConfig {
 		Tracer: tele.NoopTracer(),
 		Meter:  tele.NoopMeter(),
 
+		SkipCheck:     false,
 		Concurrency:   3,
 		Timeout:       time.Minute,
 		QueueCapacity: 128,
@@ -209,6 +207,15 @@ func (in *Include[K, N]) Advance(ctx context.Context, ev IncludeEvent) (out Incl
 
 	switch tev := ev.(type) {
 	case *EventIncludeAddCandidate[K, N]:
+
+		if in.cfg.SkipCheck {
+			if in.rt.AddNode(tev.NodeID) {
+				return &StateIncludeRoutingUpdated[K, N]{NodeID: tev.NodeID}
+			} else {
+				return &StateIncludeIdle{}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Ignore if already running a check
 		_, checking := in.checks[key.HexString(tev.NodeID.Key())]
 		if checking {
diff --git a/v2/routing_test.go b/v2/routing_test.go
index 50d77895..1576a9d0 100644
--- a/v2/routing_test.go
+++ b/v2/routing_test.go
@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@ func (suite *SearchValueQuorumTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 
 	cfg := DefaultConfig()
 	cfg.Clock = clk
+	cfg.Query.SkipConnectivityCheck = true
+
 	top := NewTopology(t)
 
 	// init privileged DHT server