diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 987aeddbf..710b2c1f0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -7860,6 +7860,9 @@ static void inp_quote_params(struct card *c, struct card *end_c,
 {
     bool in_control = FALSE;
 
+    if (ft_skywaterpdk)
+        return;
+
     for (; c && c != end_c; c = c->nextcard) {
 
         int i, j, num_terminals;
diff --git a/src/frontend/options.c b/src/frontend/options.c
index d246ad318..ac12dc0b3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/options.c
+++ b/src/frontend/options.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Author: 1985 Wayne A. Christopher, U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
 
 bool ft_acctprint = FALSE, ft_noacctprint = FALSE, ft_listprint = FALSE;
 bool ft_nodesprint = FALSE, ft_optsprint = FALSE, ft_noinitprint = FALSE;
-bool ft_norefprint = FALSE;
+bool ft_norefprint = FALSE, ft_skywaterpdk = FALSE;
 bool ft_ngdebug = FALSE, ft_nginfo = FALSE, ft_stricterror = FALSE;
 
 static void setdb(char *str);
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ cp_usrset(struct variable *var, bool isset)
         ft_ngdebug = isset;
     } else if (eq(var->va_name, "nginfo")) {
         ft_nginfo = isset;
+    } else if (eq(var->va_name, "skywaterpdk")) {
+        ft_skywaterpdk = isset;
     } else if (eq(var->va_name, "noinit")) {
         ft_noinitprint = isset;
     } else if (eq(var->va_name, "norefvalue")) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/subckt.c b/src/frontend/subckt.c
index 3bc81c46f..d72a4ef90 100644
--- a/src/frontend/subckt.c
+++ b/src/frontend/subckt.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,9 @@ numnodes(const char *line, struct subs *subs, wordlist const *modnames)
             return (nodes);
         }
     }
+    /* if we use option skywaterpdk, MOS has four nodes. Required if number of devices is large */
+    if (ft_skywaterpdk && c == 'm')
+        return 4;
 
     n = inp_numnodes(c);
 
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/fteext.h b/src/include/ngspice/fteext.h
index 9f6848503..589c62564 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/fteext.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/fteext.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ extern struct card *inp_getoptsc(char *line, struct card *options);
 extern bool ft_ngdebug;
 extern bool ft_nginfo;
 extern bool ft_stricterror;
+extern bool ft_skywaterpdk;
 
 /* parse.c */