diff --git a/packages/web/src.ts/index.ts b/packages/web/src.ts/index.ts
index 4d78ef0cf6..92ac6ccbb6 100644
--- a/packages/web/src.ts/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src.ts/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export type ConnectionInfo = {
     throttleSlotInterval?: number;
     throttleCallback?: (attempt: number, url: string) => Promise<boolean>,
 
+    skipFetchSetup?: boolean;
+
     timeout?: number,
 };
 
@@ -149,6 +151,10 @@ export function _fetchData<T = Uint8Array>(connection: string | ConnectionInfo,
                 value: "Basic " + base64Encode(toUtf8Bytes(authorization))
             };
         }
+
+        if (connection.skipFetchSetup != null) {
+            options.skipFetchSetup = !!connection.skipFetchSetup;
+        }
     }
     const reData = new RegExp("^data:([a-z0-9-]+/[a-z0-9-]+);base64,(.*)$", "i");
     const dataMatch = ((url) ? url.match(reData): null);