diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d1be6ee8e822790490b5e8b13f7865bda2b76939..c86bbfcfbc98ee40edd6cdad9c2a78838ff96709 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@
 #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 */
 #define FIX_1103_OPT_L_NORM_ARR                 /* FhG: Optimize L_norm_arr(), avoid IF */
+#define FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL                 /* FhG: Optimize minimum_s(), minimum_l(), avoid IF */
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_com/tools.c b/lib_com/tools.c
index b358196587026ed5921906b0fbacee2467d69ee6..f757239f38f38da77ad373ff14f22007e7b9a2e7 100644
--- a/lib_com/tools.c
+++ b/lib_com/tools.c
@@ -879,15 +879,28 @@ Word16 minimum_s(
     Word16 *min_val    /* o  : minimum value in the input vector */
 )
 {
+#ifdef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
+    Word16 i, ind;
+#else
     Word16 i, ind, tmp;
+#endif
 
     ind = 0;
     move16();
+#ifndef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
     tmp = vec[0];
     move16();
+#endif
 
     FOR( i = 1; i < lvec; i++ )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
+        if ( LT_16( vec[i], vec[ind] ) )
+        {
+            ind = i;
+            move16();
+        }
+#else
         IF( LT_16( vec[i], tmp ) )
         {
             ind = i;
@@ -895,11 +908,16 @@ Word16 minimum_s(
             tmp = vec[i];
             move16();
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     if ( min_val != NULL )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
+        *min_val = vec[ind];
+#else
         *min_val = tmp;
+#endif
         move16();
     }
 
@@ -920,15 +938,28 @@ Word16 minimum_l(
 )
 {
     Word16 i, ind;
+#ifndef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
     Word32 tmp;
+#endif
 
     ind = 0;
+#ifndef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
     tmp = vec[0];
+#endif
     move16();
+#ifndef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
     move32();
+#endif
 
     FOR( i = 1; i < lvec; i++ )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
+        if ( LT_32( vec[i], vec[ind] ) )
+        {
+            ind = i;
+            move16();
+        }
+#else
         IF( LT_32( vec[i], tmp ) )
         {
             ind = i;
@@ -936,11 +967,16 @@ Word16 minimum_l(
             move16();
             move32();
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     if ( min_val != NULL )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_1105_OPT_MINIMUM_SL
+        *min_val = vec[ind];
+#else
         *min_val = tmp;
+#endif
         move32();
     }