diff --git a/logd/Android.mk b/logd/Android.mk
index feca8d5..d19c255 100644
--- a/logd/Android.mk
+++ b/logd/Android.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 #  event_flag := $(call event_logtags,auditd)
 #  event_flag += $(call event_logtags,logd)
 # so make sure we do not regret hard-coding it as follows:
-event_flag := -DAUDITD_LOG_TAG=1003 -DLOGD_LOG_TAG=1004
+event_flag := -DAUDITD_LOG_TAG=1003 \
+              -DLOGD_LOG_TAG=1004 \
+              -DSNET_EVENT_LOG_TAG=1397638484
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror $(event_flag)
 
diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
index ec32393..1b829c6 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
@@ -205,16 +205,20 @@
 
     LogBufferElement *elem = new LogBufferElement(log_id, realtime,
                                                   uid, pid, tid, msg, len);
-    if (log_id != LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+    if (log_id != LOG_ID_SECURITY) { // whitelist LOG_ID_SECURITY
         int prio = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
-        const char *tag = NULL;
+        const char *tag = (const char *)-1;
         if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS) {
-            tag = android::tagToName(elem->getTag());
+            // whitelist "snet_event_log"
+            if (elem->getTag() != SNET_EVENT_LOG_TAG) {
+                tag = android::tagToName(elem->getTag());
+            }
         } else {
             prio = *msg;
             tag = msg + 1;
         }
-        if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+        if ((tag != (const char *)-1) &&
+                !__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
             // Log traffic received to total
             pthread_mutex_lock(&mLogElementsLock);
             stats.add(elem);