diff --git a/apps/renderer.c b/apps/renderer.c
index 1ee499fbea1512e4683a59f74a642211055f98e5..62fdcebd9b2d754e7fb94a4257a0566911f683a4 100644
--- a/apps/renderer.c
+++ b/apps/renderer.c
@@ -3792,7 +3792,11 @@ static void printSupportedAudioConfigs( void )
         "HOA2",
         "HOA3",
         "ISMx (input only)",
+#ifdef FIX_740_MASA_PREREND_VALIDITY_CHECK
+        "MASAx",
+#else
         "MASAx (input only)",
+#endif
         "BINAURAL (output only)",
 #ifdef SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT
         "BINAURAL_SPLIT_PCM",
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 34ba3158266bcf95b4fd117d44c7d95fc12608c1..54389fefef7840087f1770e37f590aafe8004ded 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
 
 #define FIX_879_USAN_ERROR_IN_MASA_DECODING             /* FhG: Issue 879 : avoid arithmetic with NULL pointer in the DirAC decoder to fix USAN error */
 
+#define FIX_740_MASA_PREREND_VALIDITY_CHECK             /* Nokia: issue 740: fix incorrect validity check in lib_rend to allow use of MASA prerenderer */
+
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
 
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
index d754ffa4b1e013ac640723ef30c69bc706e5d223..a7de09eb0078c8104b1b2ee84594217e88f2608e 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ static ivas_error validateOutputAudioConfig(
 #endif
         case IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR:
         case IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB:
+#ifdef FIX_740_MASA_PREREND_VALIDITY_CHECK
+        case IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_MASA1:
+        case IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_MASA2:
+#endif
             return IVAS_ERR_OK;
         default:
             break;
diff --git a/scripts/testv/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.wav b/scripts/testv/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c680493c22891dcedc83b3da85572dbf7d1c353f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testv/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.wav
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:900feffb59cec3a831c23b07e6f2f305e74d382c4d64903e65cd7cc321bd7083
+size 6336044
diff --git a/tests/renderer/constants.py b/tests/renderer/constants.py
index 1de55fc7c10e047135aac8263728b09d453479b6..345006e9f7d5afee70e24971f33759b30ecaa8d2 100644
--- a/tests/renderer/constants.py
+++ b/tests/renderer/constants.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ CUSTOM_LS_TO_TEST = [
 """ Mixed scene ( metadata ) rendering """
 METADATA_SCENES_TO_TEST = ["mixed_scene", "mixed_scene_simple"]
 METADATA_SCENES_TO_TEST_NO_BE = ["masa_scene"]
+METADATA_SCENES_TO_TEST_MASA_PREREND = ["mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4"]
 
 """ Binaural rendering """
 OUTPUT_FORMATS_BINAURAL = ["BINAURAL", "BINAURAL_ROOM_IR", "BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB"]
diff --git a/tests/renderer/data/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.txt b/tests/renderer/data/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e29dabb46c22e62ccc64195d378557cf3f048546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/renderer/data/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+../../../scripts/testv/mixed_mc714_foa_masa2_ism4.wav
+7
+MC
+1
+7_1_4
+SBA
+13
+1
+MASA
+17
+2
+../../../scripts/testv/stv2MASA2TC48c.met
+ISM
+19
+../../../scripts/testv/stvISM1.csv
+ISM
+20
+../../../scripts/testv/stvISM2.csv
+ISM
+21
+../../../scripts/testv/stvISM3.csv
+ISM
+22
+../../../scripts/testv/stvISM4.csv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/renderer/test_renderer_be_comparison.py b/tests/renderer/test_renderer_be_comparison.py
index b4314a33e32acd7696320b1488b15cece77b0738..56ffe5470d0ea12df0a633ee285f551925ea09ae 100644
--- a/tests/renderer/test_renderer_be_comparison.py
+++ b/tests/renderer/test_renderer_be_comparison.py
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ def test_masa_binaural_headrotation(test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, trj_file, framin
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("in_fmt", METADATA_SCENES_TO_TEST_MASA_PREREND)
+def test_masa_prerend(test_info, in_fmt):
+    compare_renderer_vs_mergetarget_plus_meta(
+        test_info,
+        "META",
+        "MASA2",
+        metadata_input=TEST_VECTOR_DIR.joinpath(f"{in_fmt}.txt"),
+    )
+
+
 """ Custom loudspeaker layouts """
 
 
diff --git a/tests/renderer/utils.py b/tests/renderer/utils.py
index 8fdc7ead3a30060658494b20fa2f1073e42e6a19..80b4202ef207d7479262e73beec295f41e263166 100644
--- a/tests/renderer/utils.py
+++ b/tests/renderer/utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
    the United Nations Convention on Contracts on the International Sales of Goods.
 """
 
+import filecmp
 import logging
 import os
 import subprocess as sp
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def run_renderer(
     is_comparetest: Optional[bool] = False,
     framing_5ms: Optional[bool] = False,
     test_case_name: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, int]:
+) -> str:
     """CuT creation with standalone renderer"""
     if trj_file is not None:
         trj_name = f"_{trj_file.stem}"
@@ -212,11 +213,11 @@ def run_renderer(
 
     run_cmd(cmd, env)
 
-    return pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file)
+    return out_file
 
 
 def compare_renderer_vs_mergetarget(test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, **kwargs):
-    ref, ref_fs = run_renderer(
+    out_file_ref = run_renderer(
         in_fmt,
         out_fmt,
         test_case_name=test_info.node.name,
@@ -224,27 +225,58 @@ def compare_renderer_vs_mergetarget(test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, **kwargs):
         output_path_base=OUTPUT_PATH_REF,
         **kwargs,
     )
-    cut, cut_fs = run_renderer(
+    ref, ref_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_ref)
+    out_file_cut = run_renderer(
         in_fmt, out_fmt, test_case_name=test_info.node.name, **kwargs
     )
+    cut, cut_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_cut)
     check_BE(test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs)
 
 
 def compare_renderer_vs_pyscripts(test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, **kwargs):
     ref, ref_fs = run_pyscripts(in_fmt, out_fmt, **kwargs)
-    cut, cut_fs = run_renderer(
+    out_file_cut = run_renderer(
         in_fmt, out_fmt, test_case_name=test_info.node.name, **kwargs
     )
+    cut, cut_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_cut)
     check_BE(test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs)
 
 
 def compare_renderer_args(
     test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, ref_kwargs: Dict, cut_kwargs: Dict
 ):
-    ref, ref_fs = run_renderer(
+    out_file_ref = run_renderer(
         in_fmt, out_fmt, test_case_name=test_info.node.name, **ref_kwargs
     )
-    cut, cut_fs = run_renderer(
+    ref, ref_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_ref)
+    out_file_cut = run_renderer(
         in_fmt, out_fmt, test_case_name=test_info.node.name, **cut_kwargs
     )
+    cut, cut_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_cut)
     check_BE(test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs)
+
+
+def compare_renderer_vs_mergetarget_plus_meta(test_info, in_fmt, out_fmt, metadata_input, **kwargs):
+    out_file_ref = run_renderer(
+        in_fmt,
+        out_fmt,
+        metadata_input=metadata_input,
+        test_case_name=test_info.node.name,
+        binary_suffix=BIN_SUFFIX_MERGETARGET,
+        output_path_base=OUTPUT_PATH_REF,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
+    ref, ref_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_ref)
+    out_file_cut = run_renderer(
+        in_fmt,
+        out_fmt,
+        metadata_input=metadata_input,
+        test_case_name=test_info.node.name,
+        **kwargs
+    )
+    cut, cut_fs = pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile(out_file_cut)
+    meta_file_ref = out_file_ref + ".met"
+    meta_file_cut = out_file_cut + ".met"
+    check_BE(test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs)
+    if not filecmp.cmp(meta_file_cut, meta_file_ref):
+        pytest.fail("Metadata file differs from reference")