diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/InterPrediction.cpp b/source/Lib/CommonLib/InterPrediction.cpp
index 9b84b1a2a3e087ea00be1e857b725143e31f6826..3ed7b5896813e88f0b0b4d77ea6296220a6643ce 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/InterPrediction.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/InterPrediction.cpp
@@ -2647,7 +2647,11 @@ bool InterPrediction::xPredInterBlkRPR( const std::pair<int, int>& scalingRatio,
       refBuf = refPic->getRecoBuf( CompArea( compID, chFmt, offset, Size( 1, refHeight ) ), wrapRef );
       Pel* tempBuf = buffer + col;
 
+#if JVET_Q0449_RPR_NO_SMOOTHING
+      m_if.filterHor( compID, (Pel*)refBuf.buf - ( ( vFilterSize >> 1 ) - 1 ) * refBuf.stride, refBuf.stride, tempBuf, tmpStride, 1, refHeight + vFilterSize - 1 + extSize, xFrac, false, chFmt, clpRng, xFilter, false, useAltHpelIf && scalingRatio.first == 1 << SCALE_RATIO_BITS );
+#else
       m_if.filterHor( compID, (Pel*)refBuf.buf - ( ( vFilterSize >> 1 ) - 1 ) * refBuf.stride, refBuf.stride, tempBuf, tmpStride, 1, refHeight + vFilterSize - 1 + extSize, xFrac, false, chFmt, clpRng, xFilter, false, useAltHpelIf );
+#endif
     }
 
     for( row = 0; row < height; row++ )
@@ -2662,7 +2666,11 @@ bool InterPrediction::xPredInterBlkRPR( const std::pair<int, int>& scalingRatio,
       Pel* tempBuf = buffer + ( yInt - yInt0 ) * tmpStride;
 
       JVET_J0090_SET_CACHE_ENABLE( false );
+#if JVET_Q0449_RPR_NO_SMOOTHING
+      m_if.filterVer( compID, tempBuf + ( ( vFilterSize >> 1 ) - 1 ) * tmpStride, tmpStride, dst + row * dstStride, dstStride, width, 1, yFrac, false, rndRes, chFmt, clpRng, yFilter, false, useAltHpelIf && scalingRatio.second == 1 << SCALE_RATIO_BITS );
+#else
       m_if.filterVer( compID, tempBuf + ( ( vFilterSize >> 1 ) - 1 ) * tmpStride, tmpStride, dst + row * dstStride, dstStride, width, 1, yFrac, false, rndRes, chFmt, clpRng, yFilter, false, useAltHpelIf );
+#endif
       JVET_J0090_SET_CACHE_ENABLE( true );
     }
   }
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
index fefa0ba8ec6f9fbf7b8e04ef8fe8e81ab65a8f82..97867745bf58e5d42e3949af89e22e2ca7f1a4e6 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <cassert>
 
+#define JVET_Q0449_RPR_NO_SMOOTHING                       1 // JVET-Q0449: Disable smoothing half-sample interpolation filter in conjunction with RPR
+
 #define JVET_Q0493_PLT_ENCODER_LOSSLESS                   1 // JVET-Q0493: Palette encoder improvements for lossless coding
 
 #define JVET_Q0629_REMOVAL_PLT_4X4                        1 // JVET-Q0629: Removal of 4x4 blocks in palette mode