diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index b988fcb581dd99ec968794076c1d2445f96ea7ef..9c9effa225458f4bafc19449b2ac29cda17653d8 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 #define FIX_155_HP20_ISSUE                              /* Issue 155: apply hp20 on all input channels instead of just 2 channels */
 #define EFAP_FIX_POLY                                   /* Issue 167: fix bug in EFAP polygon selection */
 #define SBA_HOA_HBR_IMPROV                              /* issue 91: Improvements to SBA high bitrate HOA3 coding */
+#define PRINT_SBA_ORDER                                 /* Issue 179: print-out also the SBA order of IVAS SBA format to stdout */
 
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
index b7f82edd2e3d974ee7ba9bde82d44be25f0d2827..c63a2e064e9b18761290378196cc32f97cb12e99 100644
--- a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,11 @@ static ivas_error printConfigInfo_dec(
             }
             else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_FORMAT )
             {
+#ifdef PRINT_SBA_ORDER
+                fprintf( stdout, "Input configuration:    Scene Based Analysis, Ambisonic order %i%s, %d transport channel(s)\n", st_ivas->sba_order, st_ivas->sba_planar ? " (Planar)" : "", st_ivas->nchan_transport );
+#else
                 fprintf( stdout, "Input configuration:    SBA - %d transport channel(s) %s\n", st_ivas->nchan_transport, st_ivas->sba_planar ? "(Planar)" : "" );
+#endif
             }
             else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == MASA_FORMAT )
             {
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
index 4f990a25df8cbc53177c656f039f7c06e5047b62..279a18954cb123213b96900aa32a51c6411143cb 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,11 @@ static ivas_error printConfigInfo_enc(
     }
     else if ( hEncoderConfig->ivas_format == SBA_FORMAT )
     {
+#ifdef PRINT_SBA_ORDER
+        fprintf( stdout, "IVAS format:            Scene Based Analysis, Ambisonic order %i %s ", hEncoderConfig->sba_order, hEncoderConfig->sba_planar ? "(Planar)" : "" );
+#else
         fprintf( stdout, "IVAS format:            Scene Based Analysis %s ", hEncoderConfig->sba_planar ? "(Planar)" : "" );
+#endif
         if ( hEncoderConfig->Opt_PCA_ON )
         {
             fprintf( stdout, "- PCA configured with signal adaptive decision " );