diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d3f4272ca0f90bfe6fe95316381cf7b1875fe56b..7233fe37534cf9035574466ea5b1f218a930c688 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 #define MASA_AND_OBJECTS                                /* Nokia: Combination of MASA and objects */
 #define FIX_653_BUG_IN_SKIP_MATRIX                      /* Dlb: fix for issue #653, bug in the ivas_spar_get_skip_mat function*/
 #define FIX_663_PARAM_ISM_EXT                           /* FhG: Issue 663: ParamISM EXT output improvement */
+#define FIX_673_OMASA_OBJ_MD_SYNC                       /* Nokia: Fix issue 673 by updating metadata in the third subframe to account for audio delay. */
 
 
 /* ################## End BE DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c b/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
index 497ae240f29dc848cb620f1f1203af85687b9178..b2d7f3f4b5b581fc93a71032ea1714ecc1df14bd 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_td_binaural_renderer(
 #ifdef MASA_AND_OBJECTS
     if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == MASA_ISM_FORMAT )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_673_OMASA_OBJ_MD_SYNC
+        ism_md_subframe_update = 2;
+#else
         ism_md_subframe_update = 0; // ToDo (for Mikko-Ville): verify whether it should not be 2
+#endif
     }
 #endif