diff --git a/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.cc b/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.cc
index 9c4770f5dad..c811c37fcd5 100644
--- a/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.cc
+++ b/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.cc
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ block_impl::block_impl(int direction,
                        const std::vector<std::string>& tune_args,
                        const std::vector<std::string>& other_settings)
     : d_direction(direction),
-      d_nchan(nchan),
       d_stream_args(stream_args),
-      d_channels(nchan)
+      d_channels(nchan),
+      d_nchan(nchan)
 {
     check_abi();
 
diff --git a/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.h b/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.h
index f8034086e47..76e494dbc97 100644
--- a/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.h
+++ b/gr-soapy/lib/block_impl.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class block_impl : virtual public block
     const std::string d_args;
 
     size_t d_mtu = 0;
-    size_t d_nchan;
     std::string d_stream_args;
     std::vector<size_t> d_channels;
     std::string d_soapy_type;
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ class block_impl : virtual public block
     block_impl& operator=(block_impl&&) = delete;
     virtual ~block_impl();
 
+    size_t d_nchan;
     std::mutex d_device_mutex;
     device_ptr_t d_device;
     SoapySDR::Stream* d_stream = nullptr;
diff --git a/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.cc b/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.cc
index 88e2c00e3cd..44918ad960d 100644
--- a/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.cc
+++ b/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.cc
@@ -44,16 +44,40 @@ source_impl::source_impl(const std::string& device,
                  dev_args,
                  stream_args,
                  tune_args,
-                 other_settings)
+                 other_settings),
+      _add_tag(false),
+      _has_hardware_time(this->has_hardware_time(""))
 {
 }
 
+bool source_impl::start()
+{
+    _add_tag = true;
+    return block_impl::start();
+}
+
+void source_impl::set_frequency(size_t channel, const std::string& name, double frequency)
+{
+    block_impl::set_frequency(channel, name, frequency);
+    _add_tag = true;
+}
+void source_impl::set_hardware_time(long long timeNs, const std::string& what)
+{
+    block_impl::set_hardware_time(timeNs, what);
+    _add_tag = true;
+}
+void source_impl::set_sample_rate(size_t channel, double sample_rate)
+{
+    block_impl::set_sample_rate(channel, sample_rate);
+    _add_tag = true;
+}
+
 int source_impl::general_work(int noutput_items,
                               [[maybe_unused]] gr_vector_int& ninput_items,
                               [[maybe_unused]] gr_vector_const_void_star& input_items,
                               gr_vector_void_star& output_items)
 {
-    long long int time_ns = 0;
+    long long int time_ns = -1;
     int flags = 0;
     const long timeout_us = 500000; // 0.5 sec
     int nout = 0;
@@ -69,6 +93,27 @@ int source_impl::general_work(int noutput_items,
         }
 
         if (result >= 0) {
+            if (_add_tag) {
+                _add_tag = false;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < d_nchan; i++) {
+                    if (_has_hardware_time) {
+                        // Reproduce gr-uhd's 'rx_time' tuple from nano seconds.
+                        const pmt::pmt_t time = pmt::make_tuple(
+                            pmt::from_uint64(time_ns / 1000000000),
+                            pmt::from_double((time_ns % 1000000000) / 1000000000.0L));
+                        this->add_item_tag(i, nitems_written(0), TIME_KEY, time);
+                    }
+                    this->add_item_tag(i,
+                                       nitems_written(0),
+                                       RATE_KEY,
+                                       pmt::from_double(this->get_sample_rate(i)));
+                    this->add_item_tag(i,
+                                       nitems_written(0),
+                                       FREQ_KEY,
+                                       pmt::from_double(this->get_frequency(i)));
+                }
+            }
+
             nout = result;
             break;
         }
@@ -77,6 +122,7 @@ int source_impl::general_work(int noutput_items,
 
         // Retry on overflow. Data has been lost.
         case SOAPY_SDR_OVERFLOW:
+            _add_tag = true;
             std::cerr << "sO" << std::flush;
             continue;
 
diff --git a/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.h b/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.h
index 8f8040afd83..9439e30a271 100644
--- a/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.h
+++ b/gr-soapy/lib/source_impl.h
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 #include <SoapySDR/Registry.hpp>
 #include <SoapySDR/Version.hpp>
 
+static const pmt::pmt_t TIME_KEY = pmt::string_to_symbol("rx_time");
+static const pmt::pmt_t FREQ_KEY = pmt::string_to_symbol("rx_freq");
+static const pmt::pmt_t RATE_KEY = pmt::string_to_symbol("rx_rate");
+
 namespace gr {
 namespace soapy {
 
@@ -43,6 +47,17 @@ class source_impl : public source, public block_impl
                      gr_vector_int& ninput_items,
                      gr_vector_const_void_star& input_items,
                      gr_vector_void_star& output_items) override;
+
+    bool start() override;
+
+    void
+    set_frequency(size_t channel, const std::string& name, double frequency) override;
+    void set_hardware_time(long long timeNs, const std::string& what) override;
+    void set_sample_rate(size_t channel, double sample_rate) override;
+
+private:
+    bool _add_tag;
+    const bool _has_hardware_time;
 };
 
 } // namespace soapy