diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsUIDeviceConfig.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsUIDeviceConfig.java
index b7aa281408d..8c85c82340c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsUIDeviceConfig.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsUIDeviceConfig.java
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@ public class SettingsUIDeviceConfig {
      * {@code true} if near by device suggestion is enabled in connected device page
      */
     public static final String BT_NEAR_BY_SUGGESTION_ENABLED = "bt_near_by_suggestion_enabled";
+
+    /**
+     * {@code true} whether or not event_log for generic actions is enabled. Default is true.
+     */
+    public static final String GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED = "event_logging_enabled";
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriter.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a58555fe11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.settings.core.instrumentation;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
+
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsUIDeviceConfig;
+import com.android.settingslib.core.instrumentation.EventLogWriter;
+
+public class SettingsEventLogWriter extends EventLogWriter {
+
+    @Override
+    public void visible(Context context, int source, int category) {
+        if (shouldDisableGenericEventLogging()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.visible(context, source, category);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void hidden(Context context, int category) {
+        if (shouldDisableGenericEventLogging()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.hidden(context, category);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void action(Context context, int category, String pkg) {
+        if (shouldDisableGenericEventLogging()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.action(context, category, pkg);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void action(Context context, int category, int value) {
+        if (shouldDisableGenericEventLogging()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.action(context, category, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void action(Context context, int category, boolean value) {
+        if (shouldDisableGenericEventLogging()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.action(context, category, value);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean shouldDisableGenericEventLogging() {
+        return !DeviceConfig.getBoolean(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SETTINGS_UI,
+                SettingsUIDeviceConfig.GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED, true /* default */);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsMetricsFeatureProvider.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsMetricsFeatureProvider.java
index ec057572053..01927fd2d53 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsMetricsFeatureProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsMetricsFeatureProvider.java
@@ -17,14 +17,29 @@
 package com.android.settings.core.instrumentation;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.Pair;
 
 import com.android.settingslib.core.instrumentation.MetricsFeatureProvider;
 
 public class SettingsMetricsFeatureProvider extends MetricsFeatureProvider {
+    private static final String TAG = "SettingsMetricsFeature";
+
     @Override
     protected void installLogWriters() {
-        super.installLogWriters();
         mLoggerWriters.add(new StatsLogWriter());
+        mLoggerWriters.add(new SettingsEventLogWriter());
         mLoggerWriters.add(new SettingsIntelligenceLogWriter());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #action(int, int, int, String, int)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    @Override
+    public void action(Context context, int category, Pair<Integer, Object>... taggedData) {
+        Log.w(TAG, "action(Pair<Integer, Object>... taggedData) is deprecated, "
+                + "Use action(int, int, int, String, int) instead.");
+        super.action(context, category, taggedData);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriterTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba2553de517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/core/instrumentation/SettingsEventLogWriterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.settings.core.instrumentation;
+
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import android.app.settings.SettingsEnums;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.metrics.LogMaker;
+import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
+
+import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsUIDeviceConfig;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.ShadowDeviceConfig;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Implementation;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Implements;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Resetter;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@Config(shadows = {ShadowDeviceConfig.class, SettingsEventLogWriterTest.ShadowMetricsLogger.class})
+public class SettingsEventLogWriterTest {
+
+    private SettingsEventLogWriter mWriter;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mWriter = new SettingsEventLogWriter();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        ShadowDeviceConfig.reset();
+        ShadowMetricsLogger.reset();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void visible_eventLogEnabled_shouldLog() {
+        DeviceConfig.setProperty(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SETTINGS_UI,
+                SettingsUIDeviceConfig.GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED, "true", true);
+
+        mWriter.visible(RuntimeEnvironment.application, SettingsEnums.PAGE_UNKNOWN,
+                SettingsEnums.SETTINGS_HOMEPAGE);
+
+        assertThat(ShadowMetricsLogger.sActionLoggedCount).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hidden_eventLogEnabled_shouldLog() {
+        DeviceConfig.setProperty(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SETTINGS_UI,
+                SettingsUIDeviceConfig.GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED, "true", true);
+
+        mWriter.hidden(RuntimeEnvironment.application, SettingsEnums.SETTINGS_HOMEPAGE);
+
+        assertThat(ShadowMetricsLogger.sActionLoggedCount).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void visible_eventLogDisabled_shouldNotLog() {
+        DeviceConfig.setProperty(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SETTINGS_UI,
+                SettingsUIDeviceConfig.GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED, "false", true);
+
+        mWriter.visible(RuntimeEnvironment.application, SettingsEnums.PAGE_UNKNOWN,
+                SettingsEnums.SETTINGS_HOMEPAGE);
+
+        assertThat(ShadowMetricsLogger.sActionLoggedCount).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hidden_eventLogDisabled_shouldNotLog() {
+        DeviceConfig.setProperty(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SETTINGS_UI,
+                SettingsUIDeviceConfig.GENERIC_EVENT_LOGGING_ENABLED, "false", true);
+
+        mWriter.hidden(RuntimeEnvironment.application, SettingsEnums.SETTINGS_HOMEPAGE);
+
+        assertThat(ShadowMetricsLogger.sActionLoggedCount).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Implements(MetricsLogger.class)
+    public static class ShadowMetricsLogger {
+
+        public static int sActionLoggedCount = 0;
+
+        @Resetter
+        public static void reset() {
+            sActionLoggedCount = 0;
+        }
+
+        @Implementation
+        protected static void action(LogMaker content) {
+            sActionLoggedCount++;
+        }
+
+        @Implementation
+        public static void hidden(Context context, int category) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            sActionLoggedCount++;
+        }
+    }
+
+}