diff --git a/board/drivers/spi.h b/board/drivers/spi.h
index a219152b..90dd6109 100644
--- a/board/drivers/spi.h
+++ b/board/drivers/spi.h
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ void spi_rx_done(void) {
     #endif
     data_len += 12U;
 
+    // HW type
+    spi_buf_tx[data_pos + data_len] = hw_type;
+    data_len += 1U;
+
     // SPI protocol version
     spi_buf_tx[data_pos + data_len] = 0x1;
     data_len += 1U;
diff --git a/tests/hitl/8_spi.py b/tests/hitl/8_spi.py
index c1e2a86a..eb942c57 100644
--- a/tests/hitl/8_spi.py
+++ b/tests/hitl/8_spi.py
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ class TestSpi:
   def test_protocol_version(self, p):
     v = p._handle.get_protocol_version()
 
-    uid = binascii.hexlify(v[:-1]).decode()
+    uid = binascii.hexlify(v[:12]).decode()
     assert uid == p.get_uid()
 
-    assert v[-1:] == b"\x01"
+    hwtype = v[12]
+    assert hwtype == ord(p.get_type())
+
+    assert v[-1] == 1
 
   def test_all_comm_types(self, mocker, p):
     spy = mocker.spy(p._handle, '_wait_for_ack')