diff --git a/init.hardware.rc b/init.hardware.rc
index 642205c7..3e864946 100644
--- a/init.hardware.rc
+++ b/init.hardware.rc
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ on init
     write /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm lz4
     write /proc/sys/vm/page-cluster 0
 
+    # Some user code relies on ro.boot.hardware.revision
+    setprop ro.boot.hardware.revision ${ro.revision}
+
 on fs
     wait /dev/block/platform/soc/${ro.boot.bootdevice}
     symlink /dev/block/platform/soc/${ro.boot.bootdevice} /dev/block/bootdevice