diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index e6e5cea86a99db9c185a9f84027a6f4e7b8bd84d..8267482f977df056b0f429329db77cc277c4aa6b 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
 /*#define FIX_I4_OL_PITCH*/                             /* fix open-loop pitch used for EVS core switching */
 #define TMP_FIX_1119_SPLIT_RENDERING_VOIP               /* FhG: Add error check for unsupported config: split rendering with VoIP mode */
 #define CODE_IMPROVEMENTS                               /* FhG: Small code improvements that do not change the functionality */
+#define FIX_1348_OVERFLOW                               /* FhG: fix BASOP overflow in hq_lr_dec(), brings floating-point code inline with FX */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/hq_lr_dec.c b/lib_dec/hq_lr_dec.c
index f9ab923be7a3d6631b70d0af15e719b3bd3e9d5f..b2febc4956579c776195f9119a10a0bc38ef0164 100644
--- a/lib_dec/hq_lr_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/hq_lr_dec.c
@@ -262,7 +262,15 @@ void hq_lr_dec(
         frac1 = L_Extract_lc( L_tmp, &exp ); /* Extract exponent of L_tmp */
         L_tmp = Pow2( 30, frac1 );
         exp = sub( exp, 30 );
-        Ep_fx[i] = L_shl( L_tmp, sub( exp, 6 ) ); /* Q -6 */
+#ifdef FIX_1348_OVERFLOW
+#ifdef BASOP_NOGLOB
+        Ep_fx[i] = L_shl_o( L_tmp, s_max( sub( exp, 6 ), -31 ), &Overflow ); /* Q -6 */
+#else
+        Ep_fx[i] = L_shl( L_tmp, s_max( sub( exp, 6 ), -31 ) ); /* Q -6 */
+#endif
+#else
+        Ep_fx[i] = L_shl( L_tmp, sub( exp, 6 ) );                        /* Q -6 */
+#endif
         Ep[i] = (float) ( Ep_fx[i] / pow( 2.0, -6 ) );
     }