diff --git a/bsc/BSC_Tests.ttcn b/bsc/BSC_Tests.ttcn
index e8bb99cf6..04e895adc 100644
--- a/bsc/BSC_Tests.ttcn
+++ b/bsc/BSC_Tests.ttcn
@@ -5079,7 +5079,8 @@ private function f_tc_ho_int(charstring id) runs on MSC_ConnHdlr {
 	var HandoverState hs := {
 		rr_ho_cmpl_seen := false,
 		handover_done := false,
-		old_chan_nr := -
+		old_chan_nr := -,
+		expect_target_tsc := BTS_TSC[1]
 	};
 	/* issue hand-over command on VTY, from BTS 0 to BTS 1 */
 	f_vty_handover(BSCVTY, 0, 0, g_chan_nr, 1);
@@ -5197,7 +5198,8 @@ private function f_tc_ho_int_radio_link_failure(charstring id) runs on MSC_ConnH
 	var HandoverState hs := {
 		rr_ho_cmpl_seen := false,
 		handover_done := false,
-		old_chan_nr := -
+		old_chan_nr := -,
+		expect_target_tsc := BTS_TSC[1]
 	};
 	/* issue hand-over command on VTY */
 	f_vty_handover(BSCVTY, 0, 0, g_chan_nr, 1);
@@ -9347,7 +9349,8 @@ private function f_tc_ho_during_lcs_loc_req(charstring id) runs on MSC_ConnHdlr
 	var HandoverState hs := {
 		rr_ho_cmpl_seen := false,
 		handover_done := false,
-		old_chan_nr := -
+		old_chan_nr := -,
+		expect_target_tsc := BTS_TSC[1]
 	};
 	/* issue hand-over command on VTY */
 	f_vty_handover(BSCVTY, 0, 0, g_chan_nr, 1);
diff --git a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
index 5f7776458..2b1f71167 100644
--- a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
+++ b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
@@ -1467,7 +1467,8 @@ type record HandoverState {
 	boolean rr_ho_cmpl_seen,
 	integer mdcx_seen_before_ho,
 	boolean handover_done,
-	RslChannelNr old_chan_nr
+	RslChannelNr old_chan_nr,
+	uint3_t expect_target_tsc optional
 };
 
 altstep as_handover(inout HandoverState st) runs on MSC_ConnHdlr {
@@ -1482,6 +1483,19 @@ altstep as_handover(inout HandoverState st) runs on MSC_ConnHdlr {
 					   new_chan_nr, arfcn);
 			/* FIXME: Determine TRX NR by ARFCN, instead of hard-coded TRX0! */
 
+			/* Verify correct TSC in handoverCommand */
+			if (ispresent(st.expect_target_tsc)) {
+				var uint3_t got_tsc := rr_chan_desc_tsc(l3.msgs.rrm.handoverCommand.channelDescription2);
+				if (not match(got_tsc, st.expect_target_tsc)) {
+					setverdict(fail, "RR Handover Command: unexpected TSC in Channel Description: expected ",
+						   st.expect_target_tsc, " got ", got_tsc);
+					mtc.stop;
+				} else {
+					log("handoverCommand: verified TSC = ", got_tsc, " (matches ",
+					    st.expect_target_tsc, ")");
+				}
+			}
+
 			/* register our component for this channel number at the RSL Emulation */
 			f_rslem_register(0, new_chan_nr, RSL1_PROC);