diff --git a/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp b/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
index d3859956b3..f251a539cb 100644
--- a/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/eeprominterface.cpp
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ void registerEEpromInterfaces()
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new OpenTxEepromInterface(BOARD_9XRPRO));
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new OpenTxEepromInterface(BOARD_TARANIS));
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new OpenTxEepromInterface(BOARD_TARANIS_PLUS));  
+  eepromInterfaces.push_back(new OpenTxEepromInterface(BOARD_TARANIS_X9E));
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new Gruvin9xInterface(BOARD_STOCK));
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new Gruvin9xInterface(BOARD_GRUVIN9X));
   eepromInterfaces.push_back(new Ersky9xInterface());
diff --git a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.h b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.h
index e14991d5e8..e8734d9716 100644
--- a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.h
+++ b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.h
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 #include "eepromimportexport.h"
 #include <qbytearray.h>
 
-#define GVARS_VARIANT          0x0001
-#define FRSKY_VARIANT          0x0002
-#define POS3_VARIANT           0x0004
-#define MAVLINK_VARIANT        0x0008
-#define M128_VARIANT           0x8000
+#define GVARS_VARIANT                  0x0001
+#define FRSKY_VARIANT                  0x0002
+#define POS3_VARIANT                   0x0004
+#define MAVLINK_VARIANT                0x0008
+#define M128_VARIANT                   0x8000
+#define TARANIS_X9E_VARIANT            0x8000
 
-#define SIMU_STOCK_VARIANTS    (GVARS_VARIANT|FRSKY_VARIANT)
-#define SIMU_M128_VARIANTS     (M128_VARIANT|SIMU_STOCK_VARIANTS)
+#define SIMU_STOCK_VARIANTS            (GVARS_VARIANT|FRSKY_VARIANT)
+#define SIMU_M128_VARIANTS             (M128_VARIANT|SIMU_STOCK_VARIANTS)
 
 class OpenTxGeneralData: public TransformedField {
   public:
diff --git a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxinterface.cpp b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxinterface.cpp
index 4e84533734..9429e856f5 100644
--- a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxinterface.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxinterface.cpp
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ int OpenTxEepromInterface::save(uint8_t *eeprom, RadioData &radioData, uint32_t
   if (board == BOARD_M128) {
     variant |= M128_VARIANT;
   }
+  else if (board == BOARD_TARANIS_X9E) {
+    variant |= TARANIS_X9E_VARIANT;
+  }
 
   int result = saveGeneral<OpenTxGeneralData>(radioData.generalSettings, board, version, variant);
   if (!result) {
@@ -757,6 +760,8 @@ int OpenTxFirmware::getCapability(const Capability capability)
         return SIMU_STOCK_VARIANTS;
       else if (board == BOARD_M128)
         return SIMU_M128_VARIANTS;
+      else if (board == BOARD_TARANIS_X9E)
+        return TARANIS_X9E_VARIANT;
       else
         return 0;
     case MavlinkTelemetry:
@@ -949,7 +954,7 @@ bool OpenTxEepromInterface::checkVersion(unsigned int version)
 
 bool OpenTxEepromInterface::checkVariant(unsigned int version, unsigned int variant)
 {
-  if (board == BOARD_M128 && !(variant & 0x8000)) {
+  if (board == BOARD_M128 && !(variant & M128_VARIANT)) {
     if (version == 212) {
       uint8_t tmp[1000];
       for (int i=1; i<31; i++) {
@@ -961,12 +966,23 @@ bool OpenTxEepromInterface::checkVariant(unsigned int version, unsigned int vari
         }
       }
     }
-    std::cout << " error when loading M128 general settings (wrong variant)";
+    std::cout << " wrong variant (" << variant << ")";
     return false;
   }
-  else {
-    return true;
+  else if (board == BOARD_TARANIS_X9E) {
+    if (variant != TARANIS_X9E_VARIANT) {
+      std::cout << " wrong variant (" << variant << ")";
+      return false;
+    }
   }
+  else if (IS_TARANIS(board)) {
+    if (variant != 0) {
+      std::cout << " wrong variant (" << variant << ")";
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
 }
 
 bool OpenTxEepromInterface::loadBackup(RadioData &radioData, uint8_t *eeprom, int esize, int index)