diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketProgrammable.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketProgrammable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8356590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketProgrammable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.net.packet;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.HandlerBehaviour;
+
+/**
+ * Packet programmable device behaviour.
+ */
+public interface PacketProgrammable extends HandlerBehaviour {
+
+    /**
+     * Emits the specified outbound packet onto the network from the device.
+     * @param packet outbound packet
+     */
+    void emit(OutboundPacket packet);
+}
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketDriverProvider.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketDriverProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae37736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketDriverProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.net.packet.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.OutboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProgrammable;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Driver-based packet rule provider.
+ */
+public class PacketDriverProvider extends AbstractProvider implements PacketProvider {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    // To be extracted for reuse as we deal with other.
+    private static final String SCHEME = "default";
+    private static final String PROVIDER_NAME = "org.onosproject.provider";
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    public PacketDriverProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId(SCHEME, PROVIDER_NAME));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the provider with the necessary device service.
+     *
+     * @param deviceService device service
+     */
+    void init(DeviceService deviceService) {
+        this.deviceService = deviceService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emit(OutboundPacket packet) {
+        PacketProgrammable programmable = getPacketProgrammable(packet.sendThrough());
+        if (programmable != null) {
+            programmable.emit(packet);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private PacketProgrammable getPacketProgrammable(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        PacketProgrammable programmable = deviceService.getDevice(deviceId).as(PacketProgrammable.class);
+        if (programmable == null) {
+            log.warn("Device {} is not packet programmable");
+        }
+        return programmable;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManager.java
index c0a2286..ba16d13 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManager.java
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@
     private final PacketStoreDelegate delegate = new InternalStoreDelegate();
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private CoreService coreService;
+    protected CoreService coreService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private ClusterService clusterService;
+    protected ClusterService clusterService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private DeviceService deviceService;
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private FlowRuleService flowService;
+    protected FlowRuleService flowService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private PacketStore store;
+    protected PacketStore store;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     private FlowObjectiveService objectiveService;
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
 
     private final List<ProcessorEntry> processors = Lists.newCopyOnWriteArrayList();
 
+    private final  PacketDriverProvider defaultProvider = new PacketDriverProvider();
+
     private ApplicationId appId;
     private NodeId localNodeId;
 
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
         store.setDelegate(delegate);
         deviceService.addListener(deviceListener);
         store.existingRequests().forEach(this::pushToAllDevices);
+        defaultProvider.init(deviceService);
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    protected PacketProvider defaultProvider() {
+        return defaultProvider;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void addProcessor(PacketProcessor processor, int priority) {
         checkPermission(PACKET_EVENT);
         checkNotNull(processor, "Processor cannot be null");
@@ -374,7 +382,7 @@
     /**
      * Internal callback from the packet store.
      */
-    private class InternalStoreDelegate implements PacketStoreDelegate {
+    protected class InternalStoreDelegate implements PacketStoreDelegate {
         @Override
         public void notify(PacketEvent event) {
             localEmit(event.subject());
diff --git a/core/net/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManagerTest.java b/core/net/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..393cc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/net/src/test/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/impl/PacketManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.net.packet.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterServiceAdapter;
+import org.onosproject.common.event.impl.TestEventDispatcher;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreServiceAdapter;
+import org.onosproject.core.IdGenerator;
+import org.onosproject.event.TestListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.AnnotationKeys;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultDevice;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceServiceAdapter;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractHandlerBehaviour;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DefaultDriver;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.impl.DriverManager;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficTreatment;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.DefaultOutboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.OutboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProgrammable;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.TestProvider;
+import org.onosproject.store.trivial.SimplePacketStore;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.injectEventDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Test packet manager activity.
+ */
+public class PacketManagerTest {
+
+    private static final ProviderId FOO_PID = new ProviderId("foo", "foo");
+
+    private static final DeviceId FOO_DID = DeviceId.deviceId("foo:002");
+
+    private static final DefaultAnnotations ANNOTATIONS =
+            DefaultAnnotations.builder().set(AnnotationKeys.DRIVER, "foo").build();
+
+    private static final Device FOO_DEV =
+            new DefaultDevice(FOO_PID, FOO_DID, Device.Type.SWITCH, "", "", "", "", null, ANNOTATIONS);
+
+    private PacketManager mgr;
+
+    protected TestProvider provider;
+    protected TestListener listener = new TestListener();
+
+    private PacketProviderRegistry providerRegistry;
+
+    private TestDriverManager driverService;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mgr = new PacketManager();
+        injectEventDispatcher(mgr, new TestEventDispatcher());
+        mgr.store = new SimplePacketStore();
+        mgr.clusterService = new ClusterServiceAdapter();
+        mgr.deviceService = new TestDeviceService();
+        mgr.deviceService = new TestDeviceService();
+        mgr.coreService = new TestCoreService();
+        providerRegistry = mgr;
+        mgr.activate();
+        driverService = new TestDriverManager();
+        driverService.addDriver(new DefaultDriver("foo", ImmutableList.of(), "", "", "",
+                                                  ImmutableMap.of(PacketProgrammable.class,
+                                                                  TestPacketProgrammable.class),
+                                                  ImmutableMap.of()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the correct usage of fallback driver provider for packets.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void packetProviderfallbackBasics() {
+        OutboundPacket packet =
+                new DefaultOutboundPacket(FOO_DID, DefaultTrafficTreatment.emptyTreatment(), ByteBuffer.allocate(5));
+        mgr.emit(packet);
+        assertEquals("Packet not emitted correctly", packet, emittedPacket);
+    }
+
+    private static class TestDeviceService extends DeviceServiceAdapter {
+        @Override
+        public int getDeviceCount() {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Iterable<Device> getDevices() {
+            return ImmutableList.of(FOO_DEV);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Iterable<Device> getAvailableDevices() {
+            return getDevices();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Device getDevice(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return FOO_DEV;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class TestCoreService extends CoreServiceAdapter {
+
+        @Override
+        public IdGenerator getIdGenerator(String topic) {
+            return new IdGenerator() {
+                private AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong(0);
+
+                @Override
+                public long getNewId() {
+                    return counter.getAndIncrement();
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class TestDriverManager extends DriverManager {
+        TestDriverManager() {
+            this.deviceService = mgr.deviceService;
+            activate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static OutboundPacket emittedPacket = null;
+
+    public static class TestPacketProgrammable extends AbstractHandlerBehaviour implements PacketProgrammable {
+
+        @Override
+        public void emit(OutboundPacket packet) {
+            emittedPacket = packet;
+        }
+    }
+}