diff --git a/.changeset/757-setup-driver-not-listed.md b/.changeset/757-setup-driver-not-listed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b5bcfca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/757-setup-driver-not-listed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"ftw": patch
+---
+
+The setup wizard's driver picker no longer dead-ends when a device has no catalog entry. A "My device is not listed…" option explains that more drivers can be installed from the signed repository after setup (Settings → Devices), links to requesting a driver that doesn't exist yet, and lets onboarding continue without the device.
diff --git a/web/setup.html b/web/setup.html
index 2b0cfcf7f..00343ab5b 100644
--- a/web/setup.html
+++ b/web/setup.html
@@ -619,6 +619,18 @@ <h2>Pick driver</h2>
 
     <div id="driver-description" class="driver-desc" style="display:none"></div>
 
+    <div id="driver-not-listed" class="driver-desc" style="display:none">
+      <p>This list is what's installed on this gateway. More drivers can be
+        installed from the signed driver repository after setup, in
+        <strong>Settings &rarr; Devices</strong>.</p>
+      <p style="margin-top:8px">No driver for your device anywhere? Ask for one in the
+        <a href="https://github.com/srcfl/device-drivers/issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">driver
+        repository's issue tracker</a> &mdash; include the device make, model
+        and how it talks (Modbus, MQTT, HTTP&hellip;).</p>
+      <button class="btn-primary" style="margin-top:12px" onclick="skipUnlistedDevice()">Continue
+        without this device</button>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="wizard-actions">
       <button class="btn-secondary" onclick="goStep(3)">Back</button>
       <button class="btn-primary" id="driver-next-btn" onclick="goStep(5)" disabled>Continue</button>
diff --git a/web/setup.js b/web/setup.js
index 93d5445dd..b5e4f9562 100644
--- a/web/setup.js
+++ b/web/setup.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   var selectedCatalog = null;    // CatalogEntry from /api/drivers/catalog
   var driverCatalog = [];        // full catalog cache
 
+  // Picker option for a device with no catalog entry. Deliberately not a
+  // number so it can never be mistaken for a catalog index.
+  var NOT_LISTED = '__not_listed__';
+
   // --- Step navigation ---
 
   function renderDots() {
@@ -51,6 +55,13 @@
     goStep(configuredDrivers.length > 0 ? 6 : 2);
   };
 
+  // Forward path for a device the catalog cannot serve: the devices
+  // summary when something is already configured, otherwise straight on
+  // to the integrations.
+  window.skipUnlistedDevice = function () {
+    goStep(configuredDrivers.length > 0 ? 6 : 7);
+  };
+
   // --- Step 3: Scan ---
 
   window.startScan = function () {
@@ -202,6 +213,14 @@
       sel.appendChild(opt);
     });
 
+    // The escape hatch. Without it, a device with no catalog entry
+    // dead-ends this step: Continue stays disabled and the only
+    // affordance left is Back.
+    var notListed = document.createElement('option');
+    notListed.value = NOT_LISTED;
+    notListed.textContent = 'My device is not listed…';
+    sel.appendChild(notListed);
+
     // A positive fingerprint preselects the matching catalog driver while
     // still sending the operator through the normal configuration form.
     if (selectedDevice && selectedDevice.matchedFilename) {
@@ -222,13 +241,26 @@
     var sel = document.getElementById('driver-select');
     var btn = document.getElementById('driver-next-btn');
     var descEl = document.getElementById('driver-description');
+    var notListedEl = document.getElementById('driver-not-listed');
 
     if (!sel.value) {
       selectedCatalog = null;
       btn.disabled = true;
       descEl.style.display = 'none';
+      notListedEl.style.display = 'none';
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (sel.value === NOT_LISTED) {
+      // Nothing to configure, so Continue stays held; the panel offers
+      // its own forward path instead.
+      selectedCatalog = null;
+      btn.disabled = true;
+      descEl.style.display = 'none';
+      notListedEl.style.display = 'block';
       return;
     }
+    notListedEl.style.display = 'none';
 
     selectedCatalog = driverCatalog[parseInt(sel.value, 10)];
     btn.disabled = false;
diff --git a/web/setup.test.mjs b/web/setup.test.mjs
index c2be44ab2..b5da5a439 100644
--- a/web/setup.test.mjs
+++ b/web/setup.test.mjs
@@ -144,3 +144,33 @@ describe("price provider defaults", () => {
     assert.match(PRICE_JS, /\["sourceful", "elprisetjustnu", "entsoe", "none"\], "sourceful"/);
   });
 });
+
+describe("setup wizard driver picker — not-listed escape hatch (#757)", () => {
+  it("appends the not-listed option after the catalog entries", () => {
+    assert.match(JS, /NOT_LISTED\s*=\s*['"]__not_listed__['"]/,
+      "the sentinel must be a value that can never parse as a catalog index");
+    assert.match(JS, /My device is not listed/,
+      "the picker must offer the escape hatch in its own words");
+  });
+
+  it("handles the sentinel before parsing a catalog index", () => {
+    assert.match(JS, /sel\.value\s*===\s*NOT_LISTED[\s\S]*?parseInt\(sel\.value,\s*10\)/,
+      "onDriverSelected must branch on the sentinel before parseInt runs on it");
+  });
+
+  it("ships the guidance panel with both forward paths", () => {
+    assert.match(HTML, /id=["']driver-not-listed["']/,
+      "the panel the sentinel reveals must exist in the markup");
+    assert.match(HTML, /Settings\s*&rarr;\s*Devices/,
+      "it must say where repository drivers install after setup");
+    assert.match(HTML, /device-drivers\/issues/,
+      "it must link to requesting a driver that does not exist yet");
+    assert.match(HTML, /skipUnlistedDevice\(\)/,
+      "it must let onboarding continue without the device");
+  });
+
+  it("skips to the devices summary only when a device already exists", () => {
+    assert.match(JS, /skipUnlistedDevice[\s\S]*?configuredDrivers\.length > 0 \? 6 : 7/,
+      "an empty summary step is a second dead-end; go straight to integrations");
+  });
+});