diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index f3b67e292f7..e2b6d44dd82 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
         <item name="android:paddingStart">4dip</item>
         <item name="android:layout_marginStart">4dip</item>
         <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
+        <item name="android:textAlignment">viewStart</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="wifi_section">
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettings.java
index 1569bfcebfd..d06ad4a98aa 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettings.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.support.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import com.android.settingslib.core.AbstractPreferenceController;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class WifiTetherSettings extends RestrictedDashboardFragment
         implements WifiTetherBasePreferenceController.OnTetherConfigUpdateListener {
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ public class WifiTetherSettings extends RestrictedDashboardFragment
 
         config.SSID = mSSIDPreferenceController.getSSID();
         config.preSharedKey = mPasswordPreferenceController.getPassword();
+        ensureWifiConfigHasPassword(config);
         config.allowedKeyManagement.set(WifiConfiguration.KeyMgmt.WPA2_PSK);
         config.allowedAuthAlgorithms.set(WifiConfiguration.AuthAlgorithm.OPEN);
         config.apBand = mApBandPreferenceController.getBandIndex();
@@ -176,6 +179,15 @@ public class WifiTetherSettings extends RestrictedDashboardFragment
                 .updateDisplay();
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    static void ensureWifiConfigHasPassword(WifiConfiguration config) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(config.preSharedKey)) {
+            String randomUUID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+            //first 12 chars from xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+            config.preSharedKey = randomUUID.substring(0, 8) + randomUUID.substring(9, 13);
+        }
+    }
+
     @VisibleForTesting
     class TetherChangeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
         @Override
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherApBandPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherApBandPreferenceControllerTest.java
index 6832ca8e6d8..bb33f937573 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherApBandPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherApBandPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION_O)
 public class WifiTetherApBandPreferenceControllerTest {
 
     @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPasswordPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPasswordPreferenceControllerTest.java
index a6d536d40c8..044efad8665 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPasswordPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPasswordPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
 
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION_O)
 public class WifiTetherPasswordPreferenceControllerTest {
 
     @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.java
index ff3f47e6cfa..2482099b4a6 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION,
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION_O,
         shadows = {
                 WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.ShadowWifiTetherSettings.class,
                 WifiTetherPreferenceControllerTest.ShadowWifiTetherSwitchBarController.class,
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSSIDPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSSIDPreferenceControllerTest.java
index 1cba30efbe1..e058eed5b93 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSSIDPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSSIDPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION_O)
 public class WifiTetherSSIDPreferenceControllerTest {
 
     @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettingsTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76a8e2371f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/tether/WifiTetherSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.wifi.tether;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import android.net.wifi.WifiConfiguration;
+
+import com.android.settings.TestConfig;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION_O)
+public class WifiTetherSettingsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void ensureWifiConfigHasPassword_shouldGeneratePassword() {
+        WifiConfiguration config = new WifiConfiguration();
+        WifiTetherSettings.ensureWifiConfigHasPassword(config);
+
+        assertThat(config.preSharedKey).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+}