diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 589026f910e30ecad5c9f6014863cfad26652f0a..7c0e9e7d5e2f8101843af938d2270f7d64fd79bf
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 
 #define FIX_643_PCA_OPTION                              /* VA: issue 643: rename PCA bypass command-line option */
 #define FIX_902_HACK_IN_CORECODER                       /* VA: issue 902: remove a hack in ivas_core_dec() */
+#define FIX_881_REMOVE_LFE_ADDITION_IN_ISM              /* VA: issue 881: remove LFE addition in ISM format */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 #define FIX_899_VARIABLE_SPEED_DECODING                       /* FhG: Fix variable speed decoding                                    */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
index 04a0cf6b200ade2d6a987de79d766421a9c3d94b..bf25c6cbefbd8c3e65eec40486fae123a599f569 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
                 {
                     return error;
                 }
-
+#ifndef FIX_881_REMOVE_LFE_ADDITION_IN_ISM
                 ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, output_frame, p_output, p_output );
+#endif
             }
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
             else if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV || st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM )
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
index 42346986297283c018c5893cde1b684e068b0f4c..99f90aaa70f809336b67ee98f77aec3a69e0177a 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
@@ -1097,8 +1097,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_render(
                 {
                     return error;
                 }
-
+#ifndef FIX_881_REMOVE_LFE_ADDITION_IN_ISM
                 ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, *nSamplesRendered, p_output, p_output );
+#endif
             }
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
             else if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV || st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM )
@@ -1654,8 +1655,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_flush_renderer(
                     {
                         return error;
                     }
-
+#ifndef FIX_881_REMOVE_LFE_ADDITION_IN_ISM
                     ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, hTcBuffer->n_samples_granularity, p_output, p_output );
+#endif
                 }
             }
             else