diff --git a/core/java/com/android/server/net/BaseNetdEventCallback.java b/core/java/com/android/server/net/BaseNetdEventCallback.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d3a3d07b2163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/java/com/android/server/net/BaseNetdEventCallback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.server.net;
+
+import android.net.INetdEventCallback;
+
+/**
+ * Base {@link INetdEventCallback} that provides no-op
+ * implementations which can be overridden.
+ *
+ * @hide
+ */
+public class BaseNetdEventCallback extends INetdEventCallback.Stub {
+    @Override
+    public void onDnsEvent(String hostname, String[] ipAddresses,
+            int ipAddressesCount, long timestamp, int uid) {
+        // default no-op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onConnectEvent(String ipAddr, int port, long timestamp, int uid) {
+        // default no-op
+    }
+}
diff --git a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/NetworkLogger.java b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/NetworkLogger.java
index 0aaf32cbe275b..0967652fb215b 100644
--- a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/NetworkLogger.java
+++ b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/NetworkLogger.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Slog;
 
 import com.android.server.ServiceThread;
+import com.android.server.net.BaseNetdEventCallback;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ final class NetworkLogger {
     private ServiceThread mHandlerThread;
     private NetworkLoggingHandler mNetworkLoggingHandler;
 
-    private final INetdEventCallback mNetdEventCallback = new INetdEventCallback.Stub() {
+    private final INetdEventCallback mNetdEventCallback = new BaseNetdEventCallback() {
         @Override
         public void onDnsEvent(String hostname, String[] ipAddresses, int ipAddressesCount,
                 long timestamp, int uid) {