diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller._py b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller._py
index 97e23c0037..583bd30908 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller._py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller._py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 {base_class_import}
 
 class {classname}({base_class}):
-	pass
+	{custom_controller}
diff --git a/frappe/modules/utils.py b/frappe/modules/utils.py
index b3debfc43c..132aa1e2a5 100644
--- a/frappe/modules/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/modules/utils.py
@@ -247,6 +247,21 @@ def make_boilerplate(template, doc, opts=None):
 			base_class = 'NestedSet'
 			base_class_import = 'from frappe.utils.nestedset import NestedSet'
 
+		custom_controller = 'pass'
+		if doc.get('is_virtual'):
+			custom_controller = """
+	def db_insert(self):
+		pass
+
+	def load_from_db(self):
+		pass
+
+	def db_update(self):
+		pass
+
+	def get_list(self, args):
+		pass"""
+
 		with open(target_file_path, 'w') as target:
 			with open(os.path.join(get_module_path("core"), "doctype", scrub(doc.doctype),
 				"boilerplate", template), 'r') as source:
@@ -257,5 +272,6 @@ def make_boilerplate(template, doc, opts=None):
 						classname=doc.name.replace(" ", ""),
 						base_class_import=base_class_import,
 						base_class=base_class,
-						doctype=doc.name, **opts)
+						doctype=doc.name, **opts,
+						custom_controller=custom_controller)
 				))