diff --git a/src/ForeignController.sol b/src/ForeignController.sol
index b43d8362..36553347 100644
--- a/src/ForeignController.sol
+++ b/src/ForeignController.sol
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ contract ForeignController is AccessControl {
             amount
         );
 
+        // NOTE: Full integration testing of this logic is not possible without OFTs with
+        //       approvalRequired == true. Add integration testing for this case before 
+        //       using in production.
+        if (ILayerZero(oftAddress).approvalRequired()) {
+            _approve(ILayerZero(oftAddress).token(), oftAddress, amount);
+        }
+
         bytes memory options = OptionsBuilder.newOptions().addExecutorLzReceiveOption(200_000, 0);
 
         SendParam memory sendParams = SendParam({
diff --git a/src/MainnetController.sol b/src/MainnetController.sol
index e225eacb..c1ec572d 100644
--- a/src/MainnetController.sol
+++ b/src/MainnetController.sol
@@ -787,7 +787,12 @@ contract MainnetController is AccessControl {
             amount
         );
 
-        _approve(ILayerZero(oftAddress).token(), oftAddress, amount);
+        // NOTE: Full integration testing of this logic is not possible without OFTs with
+        //       approvalRequired == false. Add integration testing for this case before
+        //       using in production.
+        if (ILayerZero(oftAddress).approvalRequired()) {
+            _approve(ILayerZero(oftAddress).token(), oftAddress, amount);
+        }
 
         bytes memory options = OptionsBuilder.newOptions().addExecutorLzReceiveOption(200_000, 0);
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ILayerZero.sol b/src/interfaces/ILayerZero.sol
index bf089769..f525308c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ILayerZero.sol
+++ b/src/interfaces/ILayerZero.sol
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ interface ILayerZero {
 
     function token() external view returns (address);
 
+    function approvalRequired() external pure returns (bool);
+
 }