diff --git a/runtime/bin/dartdev_utils.cc b/runtime/bin/dartdev_utils.cc
index 0314d6e0dcc..3f14bc45ab7 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/dartdev_utils.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/dartdev_utils.cc
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ bool DartDevUtils::TryResolveDartDevSnapshotPath(char** script_name) {
 
   // If we're not in dart-sdk/bin, we might be in one of the $SDK/out/*
   // directories. Try to use a snapshot from a previously built SDK.
-  snapshot_path = Utils::SCreate(
-      "%sdart-sdk/bin/snapshots/dartdev.dart.snapshot", dir_prefix.get());
+  snapshot_path = Utils::SCreate("%sdartdev.dart.snapshot", dir_prefix.get());
   if (File::Exists(nullptr, snapshot_path)) {
     *script_name = snapshot_path;
     return true;
diff --git a/sdk/BUILD.gn b/sdk/BUILD.gn
index b343437e072..8579a96a5e1 100644
--- a/sdk/BUILD.gn
+++ b/sdk/BUILD.gn
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ _platform_sdk_snapshots = [
   ],
   [
     "dartdev",
-    "../utils/dartdev",
+    "../utils/dartdev:generate_dartdev_snapshot",
   ],
   [
     "dartdoc",
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ _full_sdk_snapshots = [
   ],
   [
     "dartdev",
-    "../utils/dartdev",
+    "../utils/dartdev:generate_dartdev_snapshot",
   ],
   [
     "dartdevc",
diff --git a/sdk_nnbd/BUILD.gn b/sdk_nnbd/BUILD.gn
index b343437e072..8579a96a5e1 100644
--- a/sdk_nnbd/BUILD.gn
+++ b/sdk_nnbd/BUILD.gn
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ _platform_sdk_snapshots = [
   ],
   [
     "dartdev",
-    "../utils/dartdev",
+    "../utils/dartdev:generate_dartdev_snapshot",
   ],
   [
     "dartdoc",
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ _full_sdk_snapshots = [
   ],
   [
     "dartdev",
-    "../utils/dartdev",
+    "../utils/dartdev:generate_dartdev_snapshot",
   ],
   [
     "dartdevc",
diff --git a/utils/dartdev/BUILD.gn b/utils/dartdev/BUILD.gn
index 495643d7f51..44a5426a3fe 100644
--- a/utils/dartdev/BUILD.gn
+++ b/utils/dartdev/BUILD.gn
@@ -18,8 +18,20 @@ dartfix_files = exec_script("../../tools/list_dart_files.py",
                             ],
                             "list lines")
 
-application_snapshot("dartdev") {
+group("dartdev") {
+  deps = [ ":copy_dartdev_snapshot" ]
+}
+
+copy("copy_dartdev_snapshot") {
+  visibility = [ ":dartdev" ]
+  deps = [ ":generate_dartdev_snapshot" ]
+  sources = [ "$root_gen_dir/dartdev.dart.snapshot" ]
+  outputs = [ "$root_out_dir/dartdev.dart.snapshot" ]
+}
+
+application_snapshot("generate_dartdev_snapshot") {
   main_dart = "../../pkg/dartdev/bin/dartdev.dart"
   training_args = [ "--help" ]
   inputs = dartdev_files + dartfix_files
+  output = "$root_gen_dir/dartdev.dart.snapshot"
 }