diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a168be09dd83290a6b40112d9b0d87ea3cf452f0..d825f0ddd5cf0fdf4e63e2d6d44b6c578809b979 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_855_JBM_FLUSH_OFFSET                        /* FhG: issue #855: add missing switch here for the code in JBM flushing                 */
 #define NONBE_FIX_926_OSBA_DECODER_CRASH_PLANAR_SBA           /* FhG: issue 926: crash in OSBA decoding with planar FOA */
 #define NONBE_FIX_908_OSBA_BR_SWITCHING_CRASH                 /* FhG: issue 908: fix crash in OSBA BR switching with long test vectors */
+#define NONBE_FIX_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR_REVERBERATOR               /* FhG: re-enable acidentially disabled reverberator for BINAURAL_ROOM_IR */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_binRenderer_internal.c b/lib_dec/ivas_binRenderer_internal.c
index ae8ea8cd8c394837c77ed73b67c2795d4f428377..6d1d83b5b61c1f01ce382754b9d3771b84a907a7 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_binRenderer_internal.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_binRenderer_internal.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_binRenderer_open(
     }
 
     /* Allocate memories needed for reverb module */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR_REVERBERATOR
+    if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM || ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV && st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB ) )
+#else
     if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV && st_ivas->hIntSetup.output_config == IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB )
+#endif
     {
         if ( ( error = ivas_binaural_reverb_open_fastconv( &( hBinRenderer->hReverb ), hBinRenderer->conv_band, hBinRenderer->timeSlots, &( st_ivas->hRenderConfig->roomAcoustics ), st_ivas->hIntSetup.output_config, st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, st_ivas->hHrtfFastConv ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
         {