diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 91427ad04be26e89a39ad578d342dcd6f16fab9f..a99a18570c900d434dfd5383a63a0227bae667e6 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@
 #define ROM_TO_RAM                                     /*Dlb : ROM optimization in SR mode*/     
 #define FIX_712_713_SPLIT_REND_MASA_MC                 /*Dlb : Fix for issue 712 and 713*/
 #endif
+#define FIX_705_REND_CONF_FALSE_WARNING                 /* Eri: Bug in MSVC ftell() for UNIX-style line endings trigger false warning messages in renderer configuration. */
+
+/* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
 #define IGF_MEMORY_ALLOC_OPT                            /* FhG: Issue 157: allocate IGF encoder structure only when needed */
 #define FIX_732_PLANAR_SBA_OSBA                         /* Dlb : issue 732: fix for crash in planar mode in OSBA format*/
diff --git a/lib_util/render_config_reader.c b/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
index 2571ea9784bb34c73e90ee24d0abf318f642229f..c831dede93dac8db37dc7207e51a0610f4e26d15 100644
--- a/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
+++ b/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,9 @@ ivas_error RenderConfigReader_read(
     pTemp = (char *) calloc( file_size + 1, sizeof( char ) );
     acIdx = 0;
     roomAcHasFgCount = roomAcHasAcEnvCount = FALSE;
+#ifdef FIX_705_REND_CONF_FALSE_WARNING
+    setvbuf( pRenderConfigReader->pConfigFile, pConfig_str, _IONBF, sizeof( char ) ); /* Work-around for VS bug that gives incorrect ftell for UNIX-style line endings */
+#endif
 
     /* read file line by line */
     while ( fgets( pConfig_str, file_size, pRenderConfigReader->pConfigFile ) != NULL )