diff --git a/scripts/makefile_SR.patch b/scripts/makefile_SR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d87d8a2542be63c11c15c207a1f333a67287664d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/makefile_SR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- Makefile	2023-08-15 09:31:05.336005000 +0200
++++ Makefile_patched2	2023-08-15 09:40:48.407929000 +0200
+@@ -134,12 +134,7 @@
+ SRCS_LIBENC   = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBENC),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+ SRCS_LIBREND  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBREND),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+ SRCS_LIBUTIL  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBUTIL),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+-ifeq "$(INCLUDE_SPLIT)" "1"
+ SRCS_LC3PLUS  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LC3PLUS),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+-else
+-SRCS_LIBREND := $(filter-out $(SRCS_SPLIT_REND),$(SRCS_LIBREND))
+-SRCS_LIBUTIL := $(filter-out $(SRCS_SPLIT_REND),$(SRCS_LIBUTIL))
+-endif
+ 
+ OBJS_LIBCOM      = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBCOM:.c=.o))
+ OBJS_LIBDEBUG    = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBDEBUG:.c=.o))
diff --git a/scripts/makefile_noSR.patch b/scripts/makefile_noSR.patch
index dabb4c6129503313d01731831a70b91cef357031..ccd70bac67256e069e5b954284780a74e0f9a16b 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile_noSR.patch
+++ b/scripts/makefile_noSR.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- Makefile	2023-08-11 21:40:55.974878000 +0200
-+++ Makefile_patched	2023-08-11 21:43:18.230151000 +0200
+--- Makefile	2023-08-15 09:31:05.336005000 +0200
++++ Makefile_patched	2023-08-15 09:49:15.722019000 +0200
 @@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
  SRC_LIBDEC   = lib_dec
  SRC_LIBENC   = lib_enc
@@ -23,15 +23,19 @@
  LIB_LIBUTIL  ?= libivasutil.a
  
  # Default tool settings
-@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@
- SRCS_LIBDEC   = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBDEC),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+@@ -134,26 +132,21 @@
  SRCS_LIBENC   = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBENC),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
  SRCS_LIBREND  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBREND),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
--SRCS_LC3PLUS  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LC3PLUS),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
  SRCS_LIBUTIL  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LIBUTIL),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+-ifeq "$(INCLUDE_SPLIT)" "1"
+-SRCS_LC3PLUS  = $(foreach DIR,$(SRC_LC3PLUS),$(patsubst $(DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.c)))
+-else
+ SRCS_LIBREND := $(filter-out $(SRCS_SPLIT_REND),$(SRCS_LIBREND))
+ SRCS_LIBUTIL := $(filter-out $(SRCS_SPLIT_REND),$(SRCS_LIBUTIL))
+-endif
  
  OBJS_LIBCOM      = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBCOM:.c=.o))
-@@ -132,14 +129,13 @@
+ OBJS_LIBDEBUG    = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBDEBUG:.c=.o))
  OBJS_LIBDEC      = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBDEC:.c=.o))
  OBJS_LIBENC      = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBENC:.c=.o))
  OBJS_LIBREND     = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRCS_LIBREND:.c=.o))
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@
  
  ###############################################################################
  
-@@ -165,28 +161,25 @@
+@@ -179,28 +172,25 @@
  $(LIB_LIBREND): $(OBJS_LIBREND)
  	$(QUIET_AR)$(AR) rcs $@ $^
  
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh b/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
index 7dcbaffdea93835f9bbf2b5d5b91343c36051fc8..4128abd3de4af5259d110471f7730654713ab30c 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ recode lat1..ibmpc ${OUTDIR}/LICENSE.md # unix2dos ...
 # include .clang_format, since this is a VS dependency
 cp ${ROOT}/.clang-format ${OUTDIR}
 
+# enable split rendering againg by default
+# in case we strip it later, it will be explicitly disabled again belo
+sed -i.bak -e "s/\/\*\ *\(#define\ *SPLIT_REND_WITH_HEAD_ROT\ *\)\*\//\1/g" ${OUTDIR}/lib_com/options.h
+
 ##########################
 #                        #
 # Strip Split Rendering  #
@@ -238,6 +242,11 @@ if [ $STRIP_SPLITREND -ne 0 ]; then
   # clean-up *.bak-files
   find $OUTDIR -name "*.bak" -exec rm \{\} \;
 
+else
+
+  # patch Makefile so that split rendering sources are built by default
+  patch ${OUTDIR}/Makefile < ${ROOT}/scripts/makefile_SR.patch  
+
 fi