diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c06ea5f0030c..08b017bd5deb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - [Vis Builder] Add app filter and query persistence without using state container ([#3100](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3100))
 - [Optimizer] Increase timeout waiting for the exiting of an optimizer worker ([#3193](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3193))
 - [Data] Update `createAggConfig` so that newly created configs can be added to beginning of `aggConfig` array ([#3160](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3160))
+- [CLI] Add support for environment variable `OSD_NODE_HOME` which allows skipping node compatibility check ([#2208](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2208))
 - Add disablePrototypePoisoningProtection configuration to prevent JS client from erroring when cluster utilizes JS reserved words ([#2992](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2992))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
index 645dc3638b4a..adeb3b3f8214 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ done
 DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
 CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
 
-if [ -x "${DIR}/node/bin/node" ]; then
-  NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
-else
-  NODE="$(which node)"
+NODE="$OSD_NODE_HOME"
+
+if [ -z "$NODE" ]; then
+  if [ -x "${DIR}/node/bin/node" ]; then
+    NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
+  else
+    NODE="$(which node)"
+  fi
 fi
 
 if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
index 504d0970ecf6..df607ca3c8d8 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ var isVersionValid =
 
 // Validates current the NodeJS version compatibility when OpenSearch Dashboards starts.
 if (!isVersionValid) {
-  var errorMessage =
-    `OpenSearch Dashboards was built with ${requiredVersion} and does not support the current Node.js version ${currentVersion}. ` +
-    `Please use Node.js ${requiredVersion} or a higher patch version.`;
-
-  // Actions to apply when validation fails: error report + exit.
-  console.error(errorMessage);
-  process.exit(1);
+  var errorMessage = `OpenSearch Dashboards was built with ${requiredVersion} and does not support the current Node.js version ${currentVersion}. `;
+  if (!process.env.OSD_NODE_HOME) {
+    // Actions to apply when validation fails: error report + exit.
+    errorMessage += `Please use Node.js ${requiredVersion} or a higher patch version.`;
+    console.error(errorMessage);
+    process.exit(1);
+  } else {
+    errorMessage +=
+      '\nBecause the OSD_NODE_HOME environment variable is set, any node version incompatibilities will be ignored.';
+    console.warn(errorMessage);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
index cb3639154c6c..420ce82edf2f 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var pkg = require('../../package.json');
 
 var REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION = 'v' + pkg.engines.node;
 
-describe('NodeVersionValidator', function () {
+describe('NodeVersionValidator without OSD_NODE_HOME defined in the process ', function () {
   it('should run the script WITHOUT error when the version is the same', function (done) {
     testValidateNodeVersion(done, REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION);
   });
@@ -51,29 +51,79 @@ describe('NodeVersionValidator', function () {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should run the script WITH error if the major version is higher', function (done) {
-    testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(+1, 0, 0), true);
+  if (!process.env.OSD_NODE_HOME) {
+    it('should run the script WITH error if the major version is higher', function (done) {
+      testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(+1, 0, 0), true);
+    });
+
+    it('should run the script WITH error if the major version is lower', function (done) {
+      var lowerMajorVersion = requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(-1, 0, 0);
+      testValidateNodeVersion(
+        done,
+        lowerMajorVersion,
+        REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMajorVersion
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should run the script WITH error if the minor version is higher', function (done) {
+      testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, +1, 0), true);
+    });
+
+    it('should run the script WITH error if the minor version is lower', function (done) {
+      var lowerMinorVersion = requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, -1, 0);
+      testValidateNodeVersion(
+        done,
+        lowerMinorVersion,
+        REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMinorVersion
+      );
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+describe('NodeVersionValidator with OSD_NODE_HOME defined in the process ', function () {
+  it('should run the script WITHOUT warning when the version is the same', function (done) {
+    testValidateNodeVersion(done, REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION, false, 'v14.0.0');
+  });
+
+  it('should run the script WITHOUT warning when only the patch version is higher', function (done) {
+    testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, 0, +1), false, 'v14.0.0');
   });
 
-  it('should run the script WITH error if the major version is lower', function (done) {
+  it('should run the script WITH warning if the patch version is lower', function (done) {
+    var lowerPatchversion = requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, 0, -1);
+    testValidateNodeVersion(
+      done,
+      lowerPatchversion,
+      REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerPatchversion,
+      'v14.0.0'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should run the script WITH warning if the major version is higher', function (done) {
+    testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(+1, 0, 0), true, 'v14.0.0');
+  });
+
+  it('should run the script WITH warning if the major version is lower', function (done) {
     var lowerMajorVersion = requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(-1, 0, 0);
     testValidateNodeVersion(
       done,
       lowerMajorVersion,
-      REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMajorVersion
+      REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMajorVersion,
+      'v14.0.0'
     );
   });
 
-  it('should run the script WITH error if the minor version is higher', function (done) {
-    testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, +1, 0), true);
+  it('should run the script WITH warning if the minor version is higher', function (done) {
+    testValidateNodeVersion(done, requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, +1, 0), true, 'v14.0.0');
   });
 
-  it('should run the script WITH error if the minor version is lower', function (done) {
+  it('should run the script WITH warning if the minor version is lower', function (done) {
     var lowerMinorVersion = requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(0, -1, 0);
     testValidateNodeVersion(
       done,
       lowerMinorVersion,
-      REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMinorVersion
+      REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION !== lowerMinorVersion,
+      'v14.0.0'
     );
   });
 });
@@ -87,20 +137,32 @@ function requiredNodeVersionWithDiff(majorDiff, minorDiff, patchDiff) {
   return `v${major}.${minor}.${patch}`;
 }
 
-function testValidateNodeVersion(done, versionToTest, expectError = false) {
-  var processVersionOverwrite = `Object.defineProperty(process, 'version', { value: '${versionToTest}', writable: true });`;
-  var command = `node -e "${processVersionOverwrite}require('./node_version_validator.js')"`;
+function testValidateNodeVersion(
+  done,
+  versionToTest,
+  expectErrorOrWarning = false,
+  osdNodeHome = ''
+) {
+  var processOverwrite = `Object.defineProperty(process, 'version', { value: '${versionToTest}', writable: true });`;
+  if (osdNodeHome) {
+    processOverwrite += `process.env.OSD_NODE_HOME = '${osdNodeHome}';`;
+  }
+  var command = `node -e "${processOverwrite}require('./node_version_validator.js')"`;
 
   exec(command, { cwd: __dirname }, function (error, _stdout, stderr) {
     expect(stderr).toBeDefined();
-    if (expectError) {
-      expect(error.code).toBe(1);
-
-      var speficicErrorMessage =
-        `OpenSearch Dashboards was built with ${REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION} and does not support the current Node.js version ${versionToTest}. ` +
-        `Please use Node.js ${REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION} or a higher patch version.\n`;
-
-      expect(stderr).toStrictEqual(speficicErrorMessage);
+    var specificErrorOrWarningMessage = `OpenSearch Dashboards was built with ${REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION} and does not support the current Node.js version ${versionToTest}. `;
+
+    if (expectErrorOrWarning) {
+      if (!osdNodeHome) {
+        expect(error.code).toBe(1);
+        // Actions to apply when validation fails: error report + exit.
+        specificErrorOrWarningMessage += `Please use Node.js ${REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION} or a higher patch version.\n`;
+      } else {
+        specificErrorOrWarningMessage +=
+          '\nBecause the OSD_NODE_HOME environment variable is set, any node version incompatibilities will be ignored.\n';
+      }
+      expect(stderr).toStrictEqual(specificErrorOrWarningMessage);
     } else {
       expect(error).toBeNull();
       expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);