diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
index 584baeed490..03edbbaf6eb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 type cniNetworkPlugin struct {
+	network.NoopNetworkPlugin
+
 	defaultNetwork *cniNetwork
 	host           network.Host
 }
@@ -96,9 +98,6 @@ func (plugin *cniNetworkPlugin) Init(host network.Host) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (plugin *cniNetworkPlugin) Event(name string, details map[string]interface{}) {
-}
-
 func (plugin *cniNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
 	return CNIPluginName
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/exec/exec.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/exec/exec.go
index 52d895d9962..24e8478400a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/exec/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/exec/exec.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type execNetworkPlugin struct {
+	network.NoopNetworkPlugin
+
 	execName string
 	execPath string
 	host     network.Host
@@ -120,9 +122,6 @@ func (plugin *execNetworkPlugin) getExecutable() string {
 	return path.Join(plugin.execPath, execName)
 }
 
-func (plugin *execNetworkPlugin) Event(name string, details map[string]interface{}) {
-}
-
 func (plugin *execNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
 	return plugin.execName
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index 92826d036e5..c601d382c21 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 type kubenetNetworkPlugin struct {
+	network.NoopNetworkPlugin
+
 	host      network.Host
 	netConfig *libcni.NetworkConfig
 	cniConfig *libcni.CNIConfig
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_unsupported.go
index 751db291370..05ef445e076 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_unsupported.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type kubenetNetworkPlugin struct {
+	network.NoopNetworkPlugin
 }
 
 func NewPlugin() network.NetworkPlugin {
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@ func NewPlugin() network.NetworkPlugin {
 func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) Init(host network.Host) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("Kubenet is not supported in this build")
 }
-func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) Event(name string, details map[string]interface{}) {
-}
 
 func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
 	return "kubenet"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
index dc56d9caee4..e45515a2aad 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type Host interface {
 func InitNetworkPlugin(plugins []NetworkPlugin, networkPluginName string, host Host) (NetworkPlugin, error) {
 	if networkPluginName == "" {
 		// default to the no_op plugin
-		plug := &noopNetworkPlugin{}
+		plug := &NoopNetworkPlugin{}
 		if err := plug.Init(host); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ func UnescapePluginName(in string) string {
 	return strings.Replace(in, "~", "/", -1)
 }
 
-type noopNetworkPlugin struct {
+type NoopNetworkPlugin struct {
 }
 
 const sysctlBridgeCallIptables = "net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-iptables"
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) Init(host Host) error {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) Init(host Host) error {
 	// Set bridge-nf-call-iptables=1 to maintain compatibility with older
 	// kubernetes versions to ensure the iptables-based kube proxy functions
 	// correctly.  Other plugins are responsible for setting this correctly
@@ -159,21 +159,21 @@ func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) Init(host Host) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) Event(name string, details map[string]interface{}) {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) Event(name string, details map[string]interface{}) {
 }
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
 	return DefaultPluginName
 }
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) SetUpPod(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) error {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) SetUpPod(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) TearDownPod(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) error {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) TearDownPod(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (plugin *noopNetworkPlugin) Status(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) (*PodNetworkStatus, error) {
+func (plugin *NoopNetworkPlugin) Status(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.DockerID) (*PodNetworkStatus, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }