diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4e6a25edb16..f3323ed9890 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3314,10 +3314,15 @@
         </provider>
 
         <receiver
-            android:name=".slices.SliceBroadcastReceiver" >
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="com.android.settings.slice.action.WIFI_CHANGED"/>
-            </intent-filter>
+            android:name=".slices.SliceBroadcastReceiver"
+            android:exported="false">
+        </receiver>
+
+        <receiver
+            android:name=".slices.SliceRelayReceiver"
+            android:permission="android.permission.MANAGE_SLICE_PERMISSIONS"
+            android:exported="true">
+
         </receiver>
 
         <!-- Couldn't be triggered from outside of settings. Statsd can trigger it because we send
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
index 841247b1d64..3b5e72e8ee3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class SettingsSliceProvider extends SliceProvider {
     void registerIntentToUri(IntentFilter intentFilter, Uri sliceUri) {
         Log.d(TAG, "Registering Uri for broadcast relay: " + sliceUri);
         mRegisteredUris.add(sliceUri);
-        SliceBroadcastRelay.registerReceiver(getContext(), sliceUri, SliceBroadcastReceiver.class,
+        SliceBroadcastRelay.registerReceiver(getContext(), sliceUri, SliceRelayReceiver.class,
                 intentFilter);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiver.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiver.java
index d81734a974d..53fa4be8e38 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiver.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiver.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import com.android.settings.core.TogglePreferenceController;
 import com.android.settings.notification.ZenModeSliceBuilder;
 import com.android.settings.overlay.FeatureFactory;
 import com.android.settings.wifi.WifiSliceBuilder;
-import com.android.settingslib.SliceBroadcastRelay;
 
 /**
  * Responds to actions performed on slices and notifies slices of updates in state changes.
@@ -84,12 +83,6 @@ public class SliceBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
             case ACTION_ZEN_MODE_SLICE_CHANGED:
                 ZenModeSliceBuilder.handleUriChange(context, intent);
                 break;
-            default:
-                final String uriString = intent.getStringExtra(SliceBroadcastRelay.EXTRA_URI);
-                if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(uriString)) {
-                    final Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriString);
-                    context.getContentResolver().notifyChange(uri, null /* observer */);
-                }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiver.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ec12eae85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.slices;
+
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+import com.android.settingslib.SliceBroadcastRelay;
+
+/**
+ * Receives broadcasts to notify that Settings Slices are potentially stale.
+ */
+public class SliceRelayReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
+
+    @Override
+    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
+        final String uriString = intent.getStringExtra(SliceBroadcastRelay.EXTRA_URI);
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(uriString)) {
+            final Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriString);
+            context.getContentResolver().notifyChange(uri, null /* observer */);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiverTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiverTest.java
index 25f0d0cb163..f8172e88f0c 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiverTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceBroadcastReceiverTest.java
@@ -159,8 +159,12 @@ public class SliceBroadcastReceiverTest {
 
         assertThat(fakeToggleController.isChecked()).isFalse();
 
-        final Uri expectedUri = SliceBuilderUtils.getUri(
-                SettingsSlicesContract.PATH_SETTING_ACTION + "/" + key, false);
+        final Uri expectedUri = new Uri.Builder()
+                .scheme(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)
+                .authority(SettingsSliceProvider.SLICE_AUTHORITY)
+                .appendPath(SettingsSlicesContract.PATH_SETTING_ACTION)
+                .appendPath(key)
+                .build();
         verify(resolver).notifyChange(eq(expectedUri), eq(null));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiverTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiverTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3388a16f33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SliceRelayReceiverTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.slices;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
+import android.content.Context;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.provider.SettingsSlicesContract;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+import com.android.settingslib.SliceBroadcastRelay;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class SliceRelayReceiverTest {
+
+  private Context mContext;
+  private SliceRelayReceiver mSliceRelayReceiver;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+      mContext = spy(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
+      mSliceRelayReceiver = new SliceRelayReceiver();
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void onReceive_extraUri_notifiesChangeOnUri() {
+      // Monitor the ContentResolver
+      final ContentResolver resolver = spy(mContext.getContentResolver());
+      doReturn(resolver).when(mContext).getContentResolver();
+
+      final Uri uri = new Uri.Builder()
+          .scheme(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)
+          .authority(SettingsSlicesContract.AUTHORITY)
+          .appendPath("path")
+          .build();
+
+      final Intent intent = new Intent();
+    intent.putExtra(SliceBroadcastRelay.EXTRA_URI, uri.toString());
+
+    mSliceRelayReceiver.onReceive(mContext, intent);
+
+    verify(resolver).notifyChange(eq(uri), any());
+
+  }
+}