diff --git a/rpc-client-api/src/response.rs b/rpc-client-api/src/response.rs
index dfe9272a5ca83d..25f62dc0f3276a 100644
--- a/rpc-client-api/src/response.rs
+++ b/rpc-client-api/src/response.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ use {
     thiserror::Error,
 };
 
+/// Wrapper for rpc return types of methods that provide responses both with and without context.
+/// Main purpose of this is to fix methods that lack context information in their return type,
+/// without breaking backwards compatibility.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum OptionalContext<T> {
+    Context(Response<T>),
+    NoContext(T),
+}
+
+impl<T> OptionalContext<T> {
+    pub fn parse_value(self) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Self::Context(response) => response.value,
+            Self::NoContext(value) => value,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub type RpcResult<T> = client_error::Result<Response<T>>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/rpc-client/src/nonblocking/rpc_client.rs b/rpc-client/src/nonblocking/rpc_client.rs
index 4ab7cf1d66fce1..a1b4f008677b46 100644
--- a/rpc-client/src/nonblocking/rpc_client.rs
+++ b/rpc-client/src/nonblocking/rpc_client.rs
@@ -4420,12 +4420,14 @@ impl RpcClient {
         if let Some(filters) = config.filters {
             config.filters = Some(self.maybe_map_filters(filters).await?);
         }
-        let accounts: Vec<RpcKeyedAccount> = self
-            .send(
+
+        let accounts = self
+            .send::<OptionalContext<Vec<RpcKeyedAccount>>>(
                 RpcRequest::GetProgramAccounts,
                 json!([pubkey.to_string(), config]),
             )
-            .await?;
+            .await?
+            .parse_value();
         parse_keyed_accounts(accounts, RpcRequest::GetProgramAccounts)
     }
 
diff --git a/rpc-client/src/rpc_client.rs b/rpc-client/src/rpc_client.rs
index b4a4eca7c807c6..b559f47dd294c5 100644
--- a/rpc-client/src/rpc_client.rs
+++ b/rpc-client/src/rpc_client.rs
@@ -4292,4 +4292,83 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(expected_minimum_delegation, actual_minimum_delegation);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_program_accounts_with_config() {
+        let program_id = Pubkey::new_unique();
+        let pubkey = Pubkey::new_unique();
+        let account = Account {
+            lamports: 1_000_000,
+            data: vec![],
+            owner: program_id,
+            executable: false,
+            rent_epoch: 0,
+        };
+        let keyed_account = RpcKeyedAccount {
+            pubkey: pubkey.to_string(),
+            account: UiAccount::encode(&pubkey, &account, UiAccountEncoding::Base64, None, None),
+        };
+        let expected_result = vec![(pubkey, account)];
+        // Test: without context
+        {
+            let mocks: Mocks = [(
+                RpcRequest::GetProgramAccounts,
+                serde_json::to_value(OptionalContext::NoContext(vec![keyed_account.clone()]))
+                    .unwrap(),
+            )]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+            let rpc_client = RpcClient::new_mock_with_mocks("mock_client".to_string(), mocks);
+            let result = rpc_client
+                .get_program_accounts_with_config(
+                    &program_id,
+                    RpcProgramAccountsConfig {
+                        filters: None,
+                        account_config: RpcAccountInfoConfig {
+                            encoding: Some(UiAccountEncoding::Base64),
+                            data_slice: None,
+                            commitment: None,
+                            min_context_slot: None,
+                        },
+                        with_context: None,
+                    },
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(expected_result, result);
+        }
+
+        // Test: with context
+        {
+            let mocks: Mocks = [(
+                RpcRequest::GetProgramAccounts,
+                serde_json::to_value(OptionalContext::Context(Response {
+                    context: RpcResponseContext {
+                        slot: 1,
+                        api_version: None,
+                    },
+                    value: vec![keyed_account],
+                }))
+                .unwrap(),
+            )]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+            let rpc_client = RpcClient::new_mock_with_mocks("mock_client".to_string(), mocks);
+            let result = rpc_client
+                .get_program_accounts_with_config(
+                    &program_id,
+                    RpcProgramAccountsConfig {
+                        filters: None,
+                        account_config: RpcAccountInfoConfig {
+                            encoding: Some(UiAccountEncoding::Base64),
+                            data_slice: None,
+                            commitment: None,
+                            min_context_slot: None,
+                        },
+                        with_context: Some(true),
+                    },
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(expected_result, result);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rpc/src/rpc.rs b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
index 11838cf1bc5f47..f4ef58b339a9d4 100644
--- a/rpc/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use {
     crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver, Sender},
     jsonrpc_core::{futures::future, types::error, BoxFuture, Error, Metadata, Result},
     jsonrpc_derive::rpc,
-    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
     solana_account_decoder::{
         parse_token::{is_known_spl_token_id, token_amount_to_ui_amount, UiTokenAmount},
         UiAccount, UiAccountEncoding, UiDataSliceConfig, MAX_BASE58_BYTES,
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@ fn new_response<T>(bank: &Bank, value: T) -> RpcResponse<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Wrapper for rpc return types of methods that provide responses both with and without context.
-/// Main purpose of this is to fix methods that lack context information in their return type,
-/// without breaking backwards compatibility.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(untagged)]
-pub enum OptionalContext<T> {
-    Context(RpcResponse<T>),
-    NoContext(T),
-}
-
 fn is_finalized(
     block_commitment_cache: &BlockCommitmentCache,
     bank: &Bank,