diff --git a/srsue/src/stack/rrc/rrc_cell.cc b/srsue/src/stack/rrc/rrc_cell.cc
index e12e52410..cdd0b6693 100644
--- a/srsue/src/stack/rrc/rrc_cell.cc
+++ b/srsue/src/stack/rrc/rrc_cell.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ void meas_cell_eutra::set_sib13(const asn1::rrc::sib_type13_r9_s& sib13_)
   has_valid_sib13 = true;
 }
 
+void meas_cell_nr::set_sib1(const asn1::rrc_nr::sib1_s& sib1_)
+{
+  sib1           = sib1_;
+  has_valid_sib1 = true;
+}
+
 bool meas_cell::is_sib_scheduled(uint32_t sib_index) const
 {
   return sib_info_map.find(sib_index) != sib_info_map.end();
diff --git a/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr.cc b/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr.cc
index 0b14f61a5..951f2d0cd 100644
--- a/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr.cc
+++ b/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr.cc
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ void rrc_nr::handle_sib1(const sib1_s& sib1)
 {
   logger.info("SIB1 received, CellID=%d", meas_cells.serving_cell().get_cell_id() & 0xfff);
 
+  meas_cells.serving_cell().set_sib1(sib1);
+  
+  // TODO: config basic config and remove early exit
+  return;
+
   // clang-format off
   // unhandled fields:
   // - cellSelectionInfo
diff --git a/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr_procedures.cc b/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr_procedures.cc
index a17a302d4..63a8c2fa8 100644
--- a/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr_procedures.cc
+++ b/srsue/src/stack/rrc_nr/rrc_nr_procedures.cc
@@ -427,6 +427,17 @@ rrc_nr::cell_selection_proc::handle_cell_search_result(const rrc_interface_phy_n
     // until cell selection is done, update PHY config to take the last found PCI
     rrc_handle.phy_cfg.carrier.pci = result.pci;
 
+    // Until SI acquisition is implemented, provide hard-coded SIB for now
+    uint8_t msg[] = {0x74, 0x81, 0x01, 0x70, 0x10, 0x40, 0x04, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x33, 0x60, 0x38,
+                     0x05, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x1a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x92, 0x21, 0xf3, 0x70, 0x40, 0x20,
+                     0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x41, 0x06, 0x80, 0xa0, 0x90, 0x9c, 0x20, 0x08, 0x55, 0x19, 0x40,
+                     0x00, 0x00, 0x33, 0xa1, 0xc6, 0xd9, 0x22, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0xb8, 0x94, 0x63, 0xc0, 0x09,
+                     0x28, 0x44, 0x1b, 0x7e, 0xad, 0x8e, 0x1d, 0x00, 0x9e, 0x2d, 0xa3, 0x0a};
+    srsran::unique_byte_buffer_t pdu = srsran::make_byte_buffer();
+    memcpy(pdu->msg, msg, sizeof(msg));
+    pdu->N_bytes = sizeof(msg);
+    rrc_handle.write_pdu_bcch_dlsch(std::move(pdu));
+
     if (not rrc_handle.phy->start_cell_select(cs_args)) {
       Error("Could not set start cell search.");
       return proc_outcome_t::error;