diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 4328602f5a105a9733328433e16ba0d3cba3fd38..ad0ec5aef3877d05543947b69de8102c34410533 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@
 
 #define MASA_PREREND                                    /* Nokia: Contribution 42: Support for IVAS_rend to merge MASA + other format to MASA */
 
+#define FIX_528_ISM_MD_FILE_TOO_SHORT                   /* VA: issue 528: ISM Metadata file too short  */
+
+
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
 
diff --git a/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c b/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
index 7054d2081bc8b4f59ceef6574eb71efc08ac0dfd..a898651362a2d1499d40d9d945a0e53c7dc17832 100644
--- a/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
+++ b/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ ivas_error IsmFileReader_readNextFrame(
 
     file = self->file;
 
+#ifdef FIX_528_ISM_MD_FILE_TOO_SHORT
+    while ( feof( self->file ) )
+    {
+        rewind( self->file );
+    }
+#endif
+
     if ( fgets( char_buff, META_LINE_LENGTH, file ) == NULL )
     {
         return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_READ;