diff --git a/include/osmocom/pcu/pcuif_proto.h b/include/osmocom/pcu/pcuif_proto.h
index 1133ca61..33036c33 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/pcu/pcuif_proto.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/pcu/pcuif_proto.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #define PCU_SOCK_DEFAULT	"/tmp/pcu_bts"
 
-#define PCU_IF_VERSION		0x0b
+#define PCU_IF_VERSION		0x0c
 #define TXT_MAX_LEN	128
 
 /* msg_type */
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@
 #define PCU_IF_ADDR_TYPE_IPV4	0x04	/* IPv4 address */
 #define PCU_IF_ADDR_TYPE_IPV6	0x29	/* IPv6 address */
 
+/* BTS model */
+enum gsm_pcuif_bts_model {
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_UNSPEC,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_LC15,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_OC2G,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_OCTPHY,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_SYSMO,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_TRX,
+	PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_RBS,
+};
+
 #define PCU_IF_NUM_NSVC 2
 #define PCU_IF_NUM_TRX 8
 
@@ -176,6 +187,7 @@ struct gsm_pcu_if_info_ind {
 		struct in_addr v4;
 		struct in6_addr v6;
 	} remote_ip[PCU_IF_NUM_NSVC];
+	uint8_t		bts_model; /* enum gsm_pcuif_bts_model */
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 /* E1 CCU connection parameters */
diff --git a/src/bts.h b/src/bts.h
index 3fe4503c..1d88cb5a 100644
--- a/src/bts.h
+++ b/src/bts.h
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ struct gprs_rlcmac_bts {
 	struct llist_head pch_timer;
 
 	struct osmo_time_cc all_allocated_pdch;
+
+	/* BTS hardware model, see pcuif_proto.h */
+	uint8_t bts_model;
 };
 
 struct paging_req_cs {
diff --git a/src/pcu_l1_if.cpp b/src/pcu_l1_if.cpp
index 9557f66c..e3918298 100644
--- a/src/pcu_l1_if.cpp
+++ b/src/pcu_l1_if.cpp
@@ -724,6 +724,17 @@ static int pcu_info_ind_ns(struct gprs_rlcmac_bts *bts,
 	return gprs_ns_update_config(bts, info_ind->nsei, local, remote, nsvci, valid);
 }
 
+const struct value_string gsm_pcuif_bts_model_names[] = {
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_UNSPEC,		"(unspecified)" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_LC15,		"osmo-bts-lc15" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_OC2G,		"osmo-bts-oc2g" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_OCTPHY,		"osmo-bts-octphy" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_SYSMO,		"osmo-bts-sysmo" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_TRX,			"osmo-bts-trx" },
+	{ PCU_IF_BTS_MODEL_RBS,			"ericsson-rbs" },
+	{ 0, NULL }
+};
+
 static int pcu_rx_info_ind(struct gprs_rlcmac_bts *bts, const struct gsm_pcu_if_info_ind *info_ind)
 {
 	struct gprs_bssgp_pcu *pcu;
@@ -933,6 +944,9 @@ bssgp_failed:
 		}
 	}
 
+	LOGP(DL1IF, LOGL_INFO, "BTS model: %s\n", get_value_string(gsm_pcuif_bts_model_names, info_ind->bts_model));
+	bts->bts_model = info_ind->bts_model;
+
 	bts->active = true;
 	return rc;
 }