diff --git a/tools/debian_package/debian/dart.links b/tools/debian_package/debian/dart.links
index 30c3b93ec3f..0aaf6b04051 100644
--- a/tools/debian_package/debian/dart.links
+++ b/tools/debian_package/debian/dart.links
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 usr/lib/dart/bin/dart usr/bin/dart
+usr/lib/dart/bin/dartaotruntime usr/bin/dartaotruntime
 
diff --git a/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package.sh b/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package.sh
index a7701376db1..ee2489b2958 100755
--- a/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package.sh
+++ b/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ set -ex
 debfile="$1"
 checkout=$(pwd)
 
+# api.buildbucket.gitiles_commit.id is not populated in try jobs :(
+if [ ! -f $debfile ]; then
+  echo "warning: $debfile does not exist"
+  version=$(tools/debian_package/get_version.py)
+  debfile="out/ReleaseX64/dart_${version}-1_amd64.deb"
+fi
+
 function test_image() {
   image="$1"
   docker run -v $checkout:$checkout -w $checkout -i --rm $image tools/debian_package/test_debian_package_inside_docker.sh $debfile
diff --git a/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package_inside_docker.sh b/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package_inside_docker.sh
index 28e7aec5e2e..f12dc2753b4 100755
--- a/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package_inside_docker.sh
+++ b/tools/debian_package/test_debian_package_inside_docker.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ dart analyze /tmp/hello.dart
 # Test VM JIT
 dart /tmp/hello.dart
 
-# Test VM AOT
+# Test VM AOT - proper library, dartaotruntime on PATH
+dart compile aot-snapshot -o /tmp/libhello.so /tmp/hello.dart
+dartaotruntime /tmp/libhello.so
+
+# Test VM AOT - self-contained executable
 dart compile exe -o /tmp/hello.exe /tmp/hello.dart
 /tmp/hello.exe