diff --git a/api/products/views.py b/api/products/views.py
index 90ac7dc..83e749b 100644
--- a/api/products/views.py
+++ b/api/products/views.py
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ class QrVerifyView(BaseView):
             sd.location = ip_to_region(sd.ip)
 
             qrcode = request.data.get("qrcode")
+            skip_angle_check = request.data.get("skip_angle_check")
             # Allow the client to override the threshold. It's not a security
             # problem because this API is advisory and doesn't authenticate or
             # authorize the client or the product for anything else except to
@@ -712,7 +713,8 @@ class QrVerifyView(BaseView):
                 tenant = product.tenant
                 sd.tenant = tenant
                 sd.batch = sc.batch
-                self.dot_angle_check(sc.batch, tf.name, messages, request.data.get("angle"))
+                if not skip_angle_check:
+                    self.dot_angle_check(sc.batch, tf.name, messages, request.data.get("angle"))
                 if sc.batch.feature_comparison_threshold > 0.01:
                     self.do_v5_qr_verify(tf.name, messages)
                 sd.succeeded = True