diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
index c8f5893426535343fb868ad7ca42b71404f9ad87..5df056cdbe8fee8a471ac75a34fbd490de82be9f 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 
 #define JVET_S0052_RM_SEPARATE_COLOUR_PLANE               1 // JVET-S0052: Remove separate colour plane coding from VVC version 1
 
+#define JVET_S0065_SPS_INFERENCE_RULE                     1 // JVET_S0065_PROPOSAL1: Inference rule for sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag
+
 //########### place macros to be be kept below this line ###############
 #define JVET_S0257_DUMP_360SEI_MESSAGE                    1 // Software support of 360 SEI messages
 
diff --git a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
index 2c505215c43162a02f23ba2638b1fd63c097715d..133e35b68b3f9f21a331661aa836a0af6c1a83b9 100644
--- a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
@@ -1978,6 +1978,12 @@ void HLSyntaxReader::parseSPS(SPS* pcSPS)
     pcSPS->setNumHorVirtualBoundaries( 0 );
   }
   }
+#if JVET_S0065_SPS_INFERENCE_RULE
+  else
+  {
+    pcSPS->setVirtualBoundariesPresentFlag(false);
+  }
+#endif
 
   if (pcSPS->getPtlDpbHrdParamsPresentFlag())
   {