diff --git a/javascript/solana.js/src/accounts/oracleAccount.ts b/javascript/solana.js/src/accounts/oracleAccount.ts
index c3c9b08..b9426ab 100644
--- a/javascript/solana.js/src/accounts/oracleAccount.ts
+++ b/javascript/solana.js/src/accounts/oracleAccount.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { PermissionAccount } from './permissionAccount';
 import { QueueAccount } from './queueAccount';
 import * as spl from '@solana/spl-token';
 import { TransactionObject } from '../transaction';
+import BN from 'bn.js';
 
 /**
  * Account type holding an oracle's configuration including the authority and the reward/slashing wallet along with a set of metrics tracking its reliability.
@@ -118,6 +119,15 @@ export class OracleAccount extends Account<types.OracleAccountData> {
     return amount;
   }
 
+  async fetchBalanceBN(stakingWallet?: PublicKey): Promise<BN> {
+    const tokenAccount = stakingWallet ?? (await this.loadData()).tokenAccount;
+    const amount = await this.program.mint.fetchBalanceBN(tokenAccount);
+    if (amount === null) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch oracle staking wallet balance`);
+    }
+    return amount;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Retrieve and decode the {@linkcode types.OracleAccountData} stored in this account.
    */