diff --git a/lib_com/basop32.c b/lib_com/basop32.c
index 2a813e15c27a7a0b7ce0b6a337d1320615e1693b..dbdda3aebcaa6963d43fb0d2ffeee54a3a397a70 100644
--- a/lib_com/basop32.c
+++ b/lib_com/basop32.c
@@ -2825,6 +2825,11 @@ Word16 shr_ro( Word16 var1, Word16 var2, Flag *Overflow )
     {
         var_out = shr_o( var1, var2, Overflow );
 
+#ifdef FIX_1049_SHR_RO_COMPLEXITY
+#ifdef WMOPS
+        multiCounter[currCounter].shr--;
+#endif
+#endif
         if ( var2 > 0 )
         {
             if ( ( var1 & ( (Word16) 1 << ( var2 - 1 ) ) ) != 0 )
@@ -2833,6 +2838,15 @@ Word16 shr_ro( Word16 var1, Word16 var2, Flag *Overflow )
             }
         }
     }
+
+#ifdef FIX_1049_SHR_RO_COMPLEXITY
+#ifdef WMOPS
+    multiCounter[currCounter].shr_r++;
+#endif
+
+    BASOP_CHECK();
+#endif
+
     return ( var_out );
 }
 Word16 shr_r_sat( Word16 var1, Word16 var2 )
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 03a1b1e92990c525e35793ddc095097cb828ebde..cacefdab4fdb59427afcd30a35fccb3cd3bb7165 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -85,4 +85,5 @@
 #define FIX_ISSUE_1062_AND_1068_TON_ENE_EST_FX
 #define FIX_1054_IF_ELSE_CMPLX                          /* VA: Fix 1054 incorrect counting of complexity when ELSE-IF sequence is encoutered in two functions */
 #define FIX_1052_COPY_CMPLX_DISCREPANCY       /* VA: modify IF-ELSE statements used in Copy*() functions to avoid dependency on x[] and y[] in RAM */
+#define FIX_1049_SHR_RO_COMPLEXITY              /* VA: fix for issue 1049: incorrect counting of complexity in the shr_ro() function */
 #endif