diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/contacts/activities/ContactBrowserActivityTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/activities/ContactBrowserActivityTest.java
index 912950f..88da971 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/contacts/activities/ContactBrowserActivityTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/activities/ContactBrowserActivityTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.contacts.activities;
 
+import com.android.contacts.ContactPhotoManager;
 import com.android.contacts.ContactsApplication;
 import com.android.contacts.R;
 import com.android.contacts.detail.ContactDetailFragment;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.android.contacts.test.InjectedServices;
 import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.ContactsMockContext;
 import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.MockAccountTypeManager;
+import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.MockContactPhotoManager;
 import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.MockContentProvider;
 import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.MockContentProvider.Query;
 import com.android.contacts.tests.mocks.MockSharedPreferences;
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@
         InjectedServices services = new InjectedServices();
         services.setContentResolver(mContext.getContentResolver());
         services.setSharedPreferences(new MockSharedPreferences());
-
+        services.setSystemService(ContactPhotoManager.CONTACT_PHOTO_SERVICE,
+                new MockContactPhotoManager());
         AccountType accountType = new BaseAccountType();
         accountType.accountType = TEST_ACCOUNT_TYPE;
 
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/contacts/tests/mocks/MockContactPhotoManager.java b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/tests/mocks/MockContactPhotoManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6da205b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/tests/mocks/MockContactPhotoManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.contacts.tests.mocks;
+
+import com.android.contacts.ContactPhotoManager;
+
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+
+/**
+ * A photo preloader that always uses the "no contact" picture and never executes any real
+ * db queries
+ */
+public class MockContactPhotoManager extends ContactPhotoManager {
+    @Override
+    public void loadPhoto(ImageView view, long photoId) {
+        view.setImageResource(mDefaultResourceId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void loadPhoto(ImageView view, Uri photoUri) {
+        view.setImageResource(mDefaultResourceId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void pause() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resume() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void refreshCache() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void preloadPhotosInBackground() {
+    }
+}