diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
index e769780aff7..0775b48f2b0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ func (n *RootNotifier) NeedsImage() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (n *RootNotifier) PassesFilter(rule *Rule) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func (n *RootNotifier) GetNotifierId() int64 {
 	return 0
 }