diff --git a/framework/api/system-current.txt b/framework/api/system-current.txt
index 7733221d52..301387f5bd 100644
--- a/framework/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/framework/api/system-current.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ package android.net {
     method public void markConnected();
     method public void onAddKeepalivePacketFilter(int, @NonNull android.net.KeepalivePacketData);
     method public void onAutomaticReconnectDisabled();
+    method public void onNetworkCreated();
     method public void onNetworkUnwanted();
     method public void onQosCallbackRegistered(int, @NonNull android.net.QosFilter);
     method public void onQosCallbackUnregistered(int);
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/INetworkAgent.aidl b/framework/src/android/net/INetworkAgent.aidl
index 1f66e18717..078acbd8fe 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/INetworkAgent.aidl
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/INetworkAgent.aidl
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ oneway interface INetworkAgent {
     void onRemoveKeepalivePacketFilter(int slot);
     void onQosFilterCallbackRegistered(int qosCallbackId, in QosFilterParcelable filterParcel);
     void onQosCallbackUnregistered(int qosCallbackId);
+    void onNetworkCreated();
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkAgent.java b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkAgent.java
index 2eefba9eaf..aea70e3168 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkAgent.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkAgent.java
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ public abstract class NetworkAgent {
      */
     public static final int CMD_UNREGISTER_QOS_CALLBACK = BASE + 21;
 
+    /**
+     * Sent by ConnectivityService to {@link NetworkAgent} to inform the agent that its native
+     * network was created and the Network object is now valid.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int CMD_NETWORK_CREATED = BASE + 22;
+
     private static NetworkInfo getLegacyNetworkInfo(final NetworkAgentConfig config) {
         // The subtype can be changed with (TODO) setLegacySubtype, but it starts
         // with 0 (TelephonyManager.NETWORK_TYPE_UNKNOWN) and an empty description.
@@ -563,6 +571,10 @@ public abstract class NetworkAgent {
                             msg.arg1 /* QoS callback id */);
                     break;
                 }
+                case CMD_NETWORK_CREATED: {
+                    onNetworkCreated();
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -703,6 +715,11 @@ public abstract class NetworkAgent {
             mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(
                     CMD_UNREGISTER_QOS_CALLBACK, qosCallbackId, 0, null));
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onNetworkCreated() {
+            mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(CMD_NETWORK_CREATED));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1010,6 +1027,11 @@ public abstract class NetworkAgent {
     protected void saveAcceptUnvalidated(boolean accept) {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called when ConnectivityService has successfully created this NetworkAgent's native network.
+     */
+    public void onNetworkCreated() {}
+
     /**
      * Requests that the network hardware send the specified packet at the specified interval.
      *
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index 1520cdfe44..29002854d7 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -7964,6 +7964,7 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub
                 updateCapabilitiesForNetwork(networkAgent);
             }
             networkAgent.created = true;
+            networkAgent.onNetworkCreated();
         }
 
         if (!networkAgent.everConnected && state == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED) {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
index a8cbcb5aa4..4963353993 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/NetworkAgentInfo.java
@@ -577,6 +577,17 @@ public class NetworkAgentInfo implements Comparable<NetworkAgentInfo> {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Notify the NetworkAgent that the network is successfully connected.
+     */
+    public void onNetworkCreated() {
+        try {
+            networkAgent.onNetworkCreated();
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Error sending network created event", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: consider moving out of NetworkAgentInfo into its own class
     private class NetworkAgentMessageHandler extends INetworkAgentRegistry.Stub {
         private final Handler mHandler;