diff --git a/apps/decoder.c b/apps/decoder.c
index b46b6db31ca4a1ba6199484c88b56e3db7bda34d..117180f83807c8022129468dc1029eda0f558853 100644
--- a/apps/decoder.c
+++ b/apps/decoder.c
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ typedef struct
 #endif
     uint16_t acousticEnvironmentId;
     uint16_t directivityPatternId[IVAS_MAX_NUM_OBJECTS];
-
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    bool framing_5ms;
+#endif
 } DecArguments;
 
 
@@ -950,6 +952,9 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_dec(
     arg->delayCompensationEnabled = true;
     arg->voipMode = false;
     arg->complexityLevel = IVAS_DEC_COMPLEXITY_LEVEL_THREE;
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    arg->framing_5ms = false;
+#endif
 
     arg->enableHeadRotation = false;
     arg->headrotTrajFileName = NULL;
@@ -1196,6 +1201,14 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_dec(
             arg->inputFormat = IVAS_DEC_INPUT_FORMAT_MIME;
             i++;
         }
+#ifdef API_5MS
+        else if ( strcmp( argv_to_upper, "-FR5" ) == 0 )
+        {
+            arg->framing_5ms = true;
+            fprintf( stderr, "Warning: this is a placeholder for 5ms framing.\n" );
+            i++;
+        }
+#endif
         else if ( strcmp( argv_to_upper, "-T" ) == 0 )
         {
             arg->enableHeadRotation = true;
@@ -1529,6 +1542,9 @@ static void usage_dec( void )
 #ifdef DEBUG_JBM_CMD_OPTION
     fprintf( stdout, "-VOIP_framesize     : VoIP mode: acoustic frontend fetch frame size (must be multiples of 5!)\n" );
 #endif
+#endif
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    fprintf( stdout, "-fr5                : option to perform rendering + head-tracking with 5ms frame size\n" );
 #endif
     fprintf( stdout, "-fec_cfg_file       : Optimal channel aware configuration computed by the JBM   \n" );
     fprintf( stdout, "                      as described in Section 6.3.1 of TS26.448. The output is \n" );
diff --git a/apps/renderer.c b/apps/renderer.c
index 91de00004d9bf5a51549243c87e7606906d7b27b..0bc791bda8e4d94f11c241b63c8910c014520846 100644
--- a/apps/renderer.c
+++ b/apps/renderer.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ typedef struct
     bool lfeCustomRoutingEnabled;
     char inLfePanningMatrixFile[RENDERER_MAX_CLI_ARG_LENGTH];
     float syncMdDelay;
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    bool framing_5ms;
+#endif
     uint16_t directivityPatternId[RENDERER_MAX_ISM_INPUTS];
     uint16_t acousticEnvironmentId;
 } CmdlnArgs;
@@ -215,6 +218,9 @@ typedef enum
 #endif
     CmdLnOptionId_referenceVectorFile,
     CmdLnOptionId_exteriorOrientationFile,
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    CmdLnOptionId_framing5ms,
+#endif
     CmdLnOptionId_syncMdDelay,
     CmdLnOptionId_directivityPatternId,
     CmdLnOptionId_acousticEnvironmentId
@@ -357,6 +363,14 @@ static const CmdLnParser_Option cliOptions[] = {
         .matchShort = "exof",
         .description = "External orientation trajectory file for simulation of external orientations",
     },
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    {
+        .id = CmdLnOptionId_framing5ms,
+        .match = "framing_5ms",
+        .matchShort = "fr5",
+        .description = "Render audio with 5 ms framing.",
+    },
+#endif
     {
         .id = CmdLnOptionId_syncMdDelay,
         .match = "sync_md_delay",
@@ -2507,7 +2521,9 @@ static CmdlnArgs defaultArgs(
 
     args.lfeCustomRoutingEnabled = false;
     clearString( args.inLfePanningMatrixFile );
-
+#ifdef API_5MS
+    args.framing_5ms = false;
+#endif
     args.syncMdDelay = 0;
 
     for ( int32_t i = 0; i < RENDERER_MAX_ISM_INPUTS; ++i )
@@ -2655,7 +2671,13 @@ static void parseOption(
                 exit( -1 );
             }
             break;
-
+#ifdef API_5MS
+        case CmdLnOptionId_framing5ms:
+            assert( numOptionValues == 0 );
+            args->framing_5ms = true;
+            fprintf( stderr, "Warning: this is a placeholder for 5ms framing.\n" );
+            break;
+#endif
         case CmdLnOptionId_directivityPatternId:
             assert( numOptionValues <= RENDERER_MAX_ISM_INPUTS );
             for ( int16_t i = 0; i < numOptionValues; ++i )
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d295cb628e1b86405030486599bee8b1ee4963fa..1864d5672d15d89f98cdf8e9cee6bcebf295c0a9 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
 
 #define FIX_LARGE_RENDERER_DELAY_COMP                   /* Fix renderer delay compensation with delays greater than 1 frame */
 
+#define API_5MS                                         /*FhG, Dlb: add 5ms framing cmd line arg*/
 
 /* ################## End BE DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */