diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p5.h b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p5.h
index 3997a643a5b20301aae21eb8548f11f0062b243f..c5f86f5537865dc064d62a8f3b3af3b22f9c5748 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p5.h
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/inc/nr_fapi_p5.h
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ uint8_t pack_nr_config_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *
 uint8_t unpack_nr_config_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
 uint8_t pack_nr_start_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
 uint8_t unpack_nr_start_request(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
+uint8_t pack_nr_start_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
+uint8_t unpack_nr_start_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
 #endif // OPENAIRINTERFACE_NR_FAPI_P5_H
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p5.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p5.c
index 4a2f8691f447f4f65bf29d28abc68e27f8370e1b..a3c5a4b543495adee4bda125364ffddc59f6c66f 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p5.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/fapi/src/nr_fapi_p5.c
@@ -1644,3 +1644,17 @@ uint8_t unpack_nr_start_request(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *m
   nfapi_nr_start_request_scf_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_start_request_scf_t *)msg;
   return unpack_nr_tlv_list(NULL, 0, ppReadPackedMsg, end, config, &(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension));
 }
+
+uint8_t pack_nr_start_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config)
+{
+  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *)msg;
+  return (push8(pNfapiMsg->error_code, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
+          && pack_vendor_extension_tlv(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension, ppWritePackedMsg, end, config));
+}
+
+uint8_t unpack_nr_start_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config)
+{
+  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *)msg;
+  return (pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, (uint8_t *)&pNfapiMsg->error_code, end)
+          && unpack_nr_tlv_list(NULL, 0, ppReadPackedMsg, end, config, &(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension)));
+}
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_interface.h b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_interface.h
index 576399c3ed5cd63418385a9131d35ead7a4b923f..7aac6a91a21a76f743ed1a42dc53d599fa14f95d 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_interface.h
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/public_inc/nfapi_interface.h
@@ -4121,10 +4121,6 @@ int pack_nr_srs_beamforming_report(void *pMessageBuf, void *pPackedBuf, uint32_t
  */
 int unpack_nr_srs_beamforming_report(void *pMessageBuf, uint32_t messageBufLen, void *pUnpackedBuf, uint32_t unpackedBufLen);
 
-uint8_t pack_nr_start_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
-
-uint8_t unpack_nr_start_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
-
 uint8_t pack_nr_stop_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
 
 uint8_t unpack_nr_stop_request(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config);
diff --git a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p5.c b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p5.c
index 30d9bbbc37e54300f0a65ab323c21dbf9cea7b7a..0349c6de951de08fc2f72c15b82791acfad27392 100644
--- a/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p5.c
+++ b/nfapi/open-nFAPI/nfapi/src/nfapi_p5.c
@@ -1157,13 +1157,6 @@ static uint8_t pack_start_request(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t
   return pack_vendor_extension_tlv(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension, ppWritePackedMsg, end, config);
 }
 
-uint8_t pack_nr_start_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config)
-{
-  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *)msg;
-  return (push32(pNfapiMsg->error_code, ppWritePackedMsg, end)
-          && pack_vendor_extension_tlv(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension, ppWritePackedMsg, end, config));
-}
-
 static uint8_t pack_start_response(void *msg, uint8_t **ppWritePackedMsg, uint8_t *end, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config) {
   nfapi_start_response_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_start_response_t *)msg;
   return ( push32(pNfapiMsg->error_code, ppWritePackedMsg, end ) &&
@@ -2101,12 +2094,6 @@ static uint8_t unpack_start_request(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, voi
   return unpack_tlv_list(NULL, 0, ppReadPackedMsg, end, config, &(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension));
 }
 
-uint8_t unpack_nr_start_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config)
-{
-  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *)msg;
-  return (pull8(ppReadPackedMsg, (uint8_t *)&pNfapiMsg->error_code, end)
-          && unpack_nr_tlv_list(NULL, 0, ppReadPackedMsg, end, config, &(pNfapiMsg->vendor_extension)));
-}
 static uint8_t unpack_start_response(uint8_t **ppReadPackedMsg, uint8_t *end, void *msg, nfapi_p4_p5_codec_config_t *config) {
   nfapi_start_response_t *pNfapiMsg = (nfapi_start_response_t *)msg;
   return ( pull32(ppReadPackedMsg, &pNfapiMsg->error_code, end) &&
diff --git a/nfapi/tests/p5/CMakeLists.txt b/nfapi/tests/p5/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ada568d47b6e5e21dfa051e13995d5254f4332a..da7e2b6741bdb1e614ce2edc8313afaa410c735f 100644
--- a/nfapi/tests/p5/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nfapi/tests/p5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(Test_Labels fapi p5)
-set(_fapi_p5_messages "param_request;param_response;config_request;config_response;start_request")
+set(_fapi_p5_messages "param_request;param_response;config_request;config_response;start_request;start_response")
 
 foreach (fapi_p5_message IN LISTS _fapi_p5_messages)
     add_executable(nr_fapi_${fapi_p5_message}_test nr_fapi_${fapi_p5_message}_test.c)
diff --git a/nfapi/tests/p5/nr_fapi_start_response_test.c b/nfapi/tests/p5/nr_fapi_start_response_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..32ef894981d9fc6ff477413cbec8dd5f8e64e43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfapi/tests/p5/nr_fapi_start_response_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance licenses this file to You under
+ * the OAI Public License, Version 1.1  (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.openairinterface.org/?page_id=698
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * For more information about the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance:
+ *      contact@openairinterface.org
+ */
+/*! \file nfapi/tests/p5/nr_fapi_start_response_test.c
+ * \brief
+ * \author Ruben S. Silva
+ * \date 2024
+ * \version 0.1
+ * \company OpenAirInterface Software Alliance
+ * \email: contact@openairinterface.org, rsilva@allbesmart.pt
+ * \note
+ * \warning
+ */
+#include "nfapi/tests/nr_fapi_test.h"
+#include "nr_fapi_p5_utils.h"
+
+void test_pack_unpack(nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *req)
+{
+  uint8_t msg_buf[65535];
+  uint16_t msg_len = sizeof(req);
+  // first test the packing procedure
+  int pack_result = fapi_nr_p5_message_pack(req, msg_len, msg_buf, sizeof(msg_buf), NULL);
+  // START.response message body length is 1
+  DevAssert(pack_result == 1 + NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH);
+  // update req message_length value with value calculated in message_pack procedure
+  req->header.message_length = pack_result - NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH;
+  // test the unpacking of the header
+  // copy first NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH bytes into a new buffer, to simulate SCTP PEEK
+  fapi_message_header_t header;
+  uint32_t header_buffer_size = NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH;
+  uint8_t header_buffer[header_buffer_size];
+  for (int idx = 0; idx < header_buffer_size; idx++) {
+    header_buffer[idx] = msg_buf[idx];
+  }
+  uint8_t *pReadPackedMessage = header_buffer;
+  int unpack_header_result = fapi_nr_p5_message_header_unpack(&pReadPackedMessage, NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH, &header, sizeof(header), 0);
+  DevAssert(unpack_header_result >= 0);
+  DevAssert(header.message_id == req->header.message_id);
+  DevAssert(header.message_length == req->header.message_length);
+  // test the unpacking and compare with initial message
+  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t unpacked_req = {0};
+  int unpack_result =
+      fapi_nr_p5_message_unpack(msg_buf, header.message_length + NFAPI_HEADER_LENGTH, &unpacked_req, sizeof(unpacked_req), NULL);
+  DevAssert(unpack_result >= 0);
+  DevAssert(eq_start_response(&unpacked_req, req));
+  free_start_response(&unpacked_req);
+}
+
+void test_copy(const nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t *msg)
+{
+  // Test copy function
+  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t copy = {0};
+  copy_start_response(msg, &copy);
+  DevAssert(eq_start_response(msg, &copy));
+  free_start_response(&copy);
+}
+
+int main(int n, char *v[])
+{
+  fapi_test_init();
+
+  nfapi_nr_start_response_scf_t req = {.header.message_id = NFAPI_NR_PHY_MSG_TYPE_START_RESPONSE};
+  // Fill the message with randomized data
+  req.error_code = rand8_range(0x00, 0x01);
+  // Perform tests
+  test_pack_unpack(&req);
+  test_copy(&req);
+  // All tests successful!
+  free_start_response(&req);
+  return 0;
+}