diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 388f70df4f1932e2d70d04e435de61b74ddd24c0..275784d95e145449fa020a796471d67f4b97d6c5 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
 
 #define NONBE_1244_FIX_SWB_BWE_MEMORY                   /* VA: issue 1244: fix to SWB BWE memory in case of switching from FB coding - pending a review by Huawei */ 
 #define NONBE_1122_KEEP_EVS_MODE_UNCHANGED              /* FhG: Disables fix for issue 1122 in EVS mode to keep BE tests green. This switch should be removed once the 1122 fix is added to EVS via a CR.  */
+#define NONBE_1250_MCMASA_LS_OUTPUT                     /* VA: issue 1250: fix crash in McMASA to custom LS output decoding */
 
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
index 279e38a821ca3183c39255b3359b7cd70606a25b..cc27fec5f9580b7373f641232479c8c379d7ab91 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
@@ -2453,7 +2453,14 @@ void ivas_dirac_dec_render_sf(
 
             /* Move the separated and the LFE channels to temporary variables as spatial synthesis may overwrite current channels */
             mvr2r( &( output_f[st_ivas->hOutSetup.separateChannelIndex][subframe_start_sample] ), tmp_separated, num_samples_subframe );
+#ifdef NONBE_1250_MCMASA_LS_OUTPUT
+            if ( hDirACRend->hOutSetup.num_lfe > 0 )
+            {
+                mvr2r( &( output_f[LFE_CHANNEL][subframe_start_sample] ), tmp_lfe, num_samples_subframe );
+            }
+#else
             mvr2r( &( output_f[LFE_CHANNEL][subframe_start_sample] ), tmp_lfe, num_samples_subframe );
+#endif
 
             for ( ch = 0; ch < outchannels; ch++ )
             {