diff --git a/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp b/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
index 9156f9f8..afb567ff 100644
--- a/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
+++ b/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,21 @@ const char *futurerestore::getDeviceModelNoCopy(){
     return _client->device->product_type;
 }
 
+const char *futurerestore::getDeviceBoardNoCopy(){
+    if (!_client->device || !_client->device->hardware_model){
+        
+        int mode = getDeviceMode(true);
+        if (mode != MODE_NORMAL && mode != MODE_RECOVERY)
+            reterror(-20, "unexpected device mode=%d\n",mode);
+        
+        if (check_hardware_model(_client) == NULL || _client->device == NULL)
+            reterror(-2,"ERROR: Unable to discover device model\n");
+    }
+    
+    return _client->device->hardware_model;
+}
+
+
 char *futurerestore::getLatestManifest(){
     if (!__latestManifest){
         loadFirmwareTokens();
diff --git a/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp b/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
index 066960dc..4117525b 100644
--- a/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
+++ b/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public:
 
     void loadFirmwareTokens();
     const char *getDeviceModelNoCopy();
+    const char *getDeviceBoardNoCopy();
     char *getLatestManifest();
     char *getLatestFirmwareUrl();
     void loadLatestBaseband();
diff --git a/futurerestore/main.cpp b/futurerestore/main.cpp
index 5371559f..69e276c3 100644
--- a/futurerestore/main.cpp
+++ b/futurerestore/main.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
             goto error;
         }
         devVals.deviceModel = (char*)client.getDeviceModelNoCopy();
+        devVals.deviceBoard = (char*)client.getDeviceBoardNoCopy();
         
         if (flags & FLAG_LATEST_SEP){
             info("user specified to use latest signed sep\n");