diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 6040e4ed854a039a95e3faad8e84ea74a1aab776..71dc84b95528bdcddf2a6b5f721ec752ee82a585 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
 #define OSBA_SPLIT_RENDERING
 #endif
 
+
+#define FIX_718_JBM_MD_UDPATE                           /* Fhg: fix issue #718, wrong setting of the update flag in the TD obj renderer in the JBM path */
 #define FIX_719_CRASH_IN_CLEANUP                        /* VA: issue 719: fix Decoder crash after call to goto to cleanup */
 
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c b/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
index eb04843b3ded0f655694d428592978b152a1ed62..a7cbdd849f86edcaaf1d45bba1e6c6d2f3692e6a 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_objectRenderer_internal.c
@@ -233,7 +233,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_td_binaural_renderer_sf(
         }
 
         /* Render subframe */
+#ifdef FIX_718_JBM_MD_UDPATE
+        /* ism_md_subframe_update_jbm != subframe_idx: trigger update only for ism_md_subframe_update_jbm == subframe_idx,
+           where then the two TDREND_GetMix()-arguments subframe_idx and ism_md_subframe_update are equal, and we want to enforce the update inside TDREND_GetMix to use subframe_idx == 0 */
+        if ( ( error = TDREND_GetMix( st_ivas->hBinRendererTd, output_f_local, output_frame, 0, ism_md_subframe_update_jbm != subframe_idx ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
+#else
         if ( ( error = TDREND_GetMix( st_ivas->hBinRendererTd, output_f_local, output_frame, 0, ism_md_subframe_update_jbm ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
+#endif
         {
             return error;
         }