diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 9ed1e3ae01d..e0a16f3e689 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vars = {
   "dartdoc_tag" : "@v0.9.0",
   "dart_services_rev" : "@7aea2574e6f3924bf409a80afb8ad52aa2be4f97",
   "dart_style_tag": "@0.2.4",
-  "dev_compiler_rev": "@0.1.9",
+  "dev_compiler_rev": "@0c5dd2d1e999c421d978a478e267aac6279e087a",
   "glob_rev": "@704cf75e4f26b417505c5c611bdaacd8808467dd",
   "html_tag" : "@0.12.1+1",
   "http_tag" : "@0.11.3+3",
diff --git a/create_sdk.gyp b/create_sdk.gyp
index b13addacb11..83ddc47f303 100644
--- a/create_sdk.gyp
+++ b/create_sdk.gyp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         'utils/dartdoc/dartdoc.gyp:dartdoc',
         'utils/analysis_server/analysis_server.gyp:analysis_server',
         'utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp:dartanalyzer',
+        'utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp:dartdevc',
       ],
       'actions': [
         {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/utils_wrapper.dart.snapshot',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pub.dart.snapshot',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartanalyzer.dart.snapshot',
+            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartdevc.dart.snapshot',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartfmt.dart.snapshot',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/analysis_server.dart.snapshot',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartdoc.dart.snapshot',
diff --git a/dart.gyp b/dart.gyp
index 9ac4105dade..b8d3e43f99e 100644
--- a/dart.gyp
+++ b/dart.gyp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         'create_sdk',
         'dart2js',
         'dartanalyzer',
+        'dartdevc',
         'packages',
         'runtime',
         'samples',
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@
         'utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp:dartanalyzer',
       ],
     },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'dartdevc',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'dependencies': [
+        'utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp:dartdevc',
+      ],
+    },
     {
       'target_name': 'dartfmt',
       'type': 'none',
diff --git a/sdk/bin/dartdevc b/sdk/bin/dartdevc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..331eb4ef395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/bin/dartdevc
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Run dev compiler on the Dart VM. This script assumes the Dart repo's
+# directory structure.
+
+function follow_links() {
+  file="$1"
+  while [ -h "$file" ]; do
+    # On Mac OS, readlink -f doesn't work.
+    file="$(readlink "$file")"
+  done
+  echo "$file"
+}
+
+# Unlike $0, $BASH_SOURCE points to the absolute path of this file.
+PROG_NAME="$(follow_links "$BASH_SOURCE")"
+
+# Handle the case where dart-sdk/bin has been symlinked to.
+BIN_DIR="$(cd "${PROG_NAME%/*}" ; pwd -P)"
+SDK_DIR="$(cd "${BIN_DIR}/.." ; pwd -P)"
+
+SDK_ARG="--dart-sdk=$SDK_DIR"
+
+DART="$BIN_DIR/dart"
+
+unset EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS
+declare -a EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS
+
+case $0 in
+  *_developer)
+    EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS+=('--checked')
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# We allow extra vm options to be passed in through an environment variable.
+if [[ $DART_VM_OPTIONS ]]; then
+  read -a OPTIONS <<< "$DART_VM_OPTIONS"
+  EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS+=("${OPTIONS[@]}")
+fi
+
+DART_ROOT="$(cd "${SDK_DIR}/.." ; pwd -P)"
+
+DEV_COMPILER="$DART_ROOT/third_party/pkg/dev_compiler/bin/dartdevc.dart"
+
+if [[ `uname` == 'Darwin' ]];
+then
+  OUT_DIR="$DART_ROOT/xcodebuild/"
+else
+  OUT_DIR="$DART_ROOT/out/"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$DART_CONFIGURATION" ];
+then
+  DIRS=$( ls "$OUT_DIR" )
+  # list of possible configurations in decreasing desirability
+  CONFIGS=("ReleaseX64" "ReleaseIA32" "DebugX64" "DebugIA32"
+    "ReleaseARM"    "ReleaseARM64"    "ReleaseARMV5TE"    "ReleaseMIPS"
+    "DebugARM"      "DebugARM64"      "DebugARMV5TE"      "DebugMIPS")
+  DART_CONFIGURATION="None"
+  for CONFIG in ${CONFIGS[*]}
+  do
+    for DIR in $DIRS;
+    do
+      if [ "$CONFIG" = "$DIR" ];
+      then
+        # choose most desirable configuration that is available and break
+        DART_CONFIGURATION="$DIR"
+        break 2
+      fi
+    done
+  done
+  if [ "$DART_CONFIGURATION" = "None" ]
+  then
+    echo "No valid dart configuration found in $OUT_DIR"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+BUILD_DIR="$OUT_DIR$DART_CONFIGURATION"
+
+PACKAGE_ROOT="$BUILD_DIR/packages/"
+
+exec "$DART" "${EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS[@]}" "--package-root=$PACKAGE_ROOT" "$DEV_COMPILER" "$SDK_ARG" "$@"
diff --git a/sdk/bin/dartdevc.bat b/sdk/bin/dartdevc.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e0200528b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/bin/dartdevc.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+@echo off
+REM Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+REM for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+REM BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+setlocal
+rem Handle the case where dart-sdk/bin has been symlinked to.
+set DIR_NAME_WITH_SLASH=%~dp0
+set DIR_NAME=%DIR_NAME_WITH_SLASH:~0,-1%%
+call :follow_links "%DIR_NAME%", RETURNED_BIN_DIR
+rem Get rid of surrounding quotes.
+for %%i in ("%RETURNED_BIN_DIR%") do set BIN_DIR=%%~fi
+
+set DART=%BIN_DIR%\dart
+
+rem Get absolute full name for SDK_DIR.
+for %%i in ("%BIN_DIR%\..\") do set SDK_DIR=%%~fi
+
+rem Remove trailing backslash if there is one
+if %SDK_DIR:~-1%==\ set SDK_DIR=%SDK_DIR:~0,-1%
+
+set SDK_ARG=--dart-sdk=%SDK_DIR%
+
+set EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS=
+
+rem We allow extra vm options to be passed in through an environment variable.
+if not "_%DART_VM_OPTIONS%_" == "__" (
+  set EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS=%EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS% %DART_VM_OPTIONS%
+)
+
+rem Get absolute full name for DART_ROOT.
+for %%i in ("%SDK_DIR%\..\") do set DART_ROOT=%%~fi
+
+rem Remove trailing backslash if there is one
+if %DART_ROOT:~-1%==\ set DART_ROOT=%DART_ROOT:~0,-1%
+
+set DEV_COMPILER=%DART_ROOT%\third_party\pkg\dev_compiler\bin\dartdevc.dart
+
+rem DART_CONFIGURATION defaults to ReleaseX64
+if "%DART_CONFIGURATION%"=="" set DART_CONFIGURATION=ReleaseX64
+
+set BUILD_DIR=%DART_ROOT%\build\%DART_CONFIGURATION%
+
+set PACKAGE_ROOT=%BUILD_DIR%\packages
+
+"%DART%" %EXTRA_VM_OPTIONS% "--package-root=%PACKAGE_ROOT%" "DEV_COMPILER%" "%SDK_ARG%" %*
+
+endlocal
+
+exit /b %errorlevel%
+
+rem Follow the symbolic links (junctions points) using `dir to determine the
+rem canonical path. Output with a link looks something like this
+rem
+rem 01/03/2013  10:11 PM    <JUNCTION>     abc def
+rem [c:\dart_bleeding\dart-repo.9\dart\build\ReleaseIA32\dart-sdk]
+rem
+rem So in the output of 'dir /a:l "targetdir"' we are looking for a filename
+rem surrounded by right angle bracket and left square bracket. Once we get
+rem the filename, which is name of the link, we recursively follow that.
+:follow_links
+setlocal
+for %%i in (%1) do set result=%%~fi
+set current=
+for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims=[]" %%i in (`dir /a:l "%~dp1" 2^>nul ^
+                                             ^| find ">     %~n1 ["`) do (
+  set current=%%i
+)
+if not "%current%"=="" call :follow_links "%current%", result
+endlocal & set %~2=%result%
+goto :eof
+
+:end
diff --git a/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk b/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7bc98dea599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Run dev compiler on the Dart VM. This script assumes the Dart SDK's
+# directory structure.
+
+function follow_links() {
+  file="$1"
+  while [ -h "$file" ]; do
+    # On Mac OS, readlink -f doesn't work.
+    file="$(readlink "$file")"
+  done
+  echo "$file"
+}
+
+# Unlike $0, $BASH_SOURCE points to the absolute path of this file.
+PROG_NAME="$(follow_links "$BASH_SOURCE")"
+
+# Handle the case where dart-sdk/bin has been symlinked to.
+BIN_DIR="$(cd "${PROG_NAME%/*}" ; pwd -P)"
+SDK_DIR="$(cd "${BIN_DIR}/.." ; pwd -P)"
+
+SDK_ARG="--dart-sdk=$SDK_DIR"
+
+SNAPSHOT="$BIN_DIR/snapshots/dartdevc.dart.snapshot"
+
+# We are running the snapshot in the built SDK.
+DART="$BIN_DIR/dart"
+exec "$DART" "$SNAPSHOT" "$SDK_ARG" "$@"
diff --git a/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk.bat b/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72c20691474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/bin/dartdevc_sdk.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+@echo off
+REM Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+REM for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+REM BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+setlocal
+rem Handle the case where dart-sdk/bin has been symlinked to.
+set DIR_NAME_WITH_SLASH=%~dp0
+set DIR_NAME=%DIR_NAME_WITH_SLASH:~0,-1%%
+call :follow_links "%DIR_NAME%", RETURNED_BIN_DIR
+rem Get rid of surrounding quotes.
+for %%i in ("%RETURNED_BIN_DIR%") do set BIN_DIR=%%~fi
+
+set DART=%BIN_DIR%\dart
+set SNAPSHOT=%BIN_DIR%\snapshots\dartdevc.dart.snapshot
+
+rem Get absolute full name for SDK_DIR.
+for %%i in ("%BIN_DIR%\..\") do set SDK_DIR=%%~fi
+
+rem Remove trailing backslash if there is one
+if %SDK_DIR:~-1%==\ set SDK_DIR=%SDK_DIR:~0,-1%
+
+set SDK_ARG=--dart-sdk=%SDK_DIR%
+
+"%DART%" "%SNAPSHOT%" "%SDK_ARG%" %*
+
+endlocal
+
+exit /b %errorlevel%
+
+rem Follow the symbolic links (junctions points) using `dir to determine the
+rem canonical path. Output with a link looks something like this
+rem
+rem 01/03/2013  10:11 PM    <JUNCTION>     abc def
+rem [c:\dart_bleeding\dart-repo.9\dart\build\ReleaseIA32\dart-sdk]
+rem
+rem So in the output of 'dir /a:l "targetdir"' we are looking for a filename
+rem surrounded by right angle bracket and left square bracket. Once we get
+rem the filename, which is name of the link, we recursively follow that.
+:follow_links
+setlocal
+for %%i in (%1) do set result=%%~fi
+set current=
+for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims=[]" %%i in (`dir /a:l "%~dp1" 2^>nul ^
+                                             ^| find ">     %~n1 ["`) do (
+  set current=%%i
+)
+if not "%current%"=="" call :follow_links "%current%", result
+endlocal & set %~2=%result%
+goto :eof
+
+:end
diff --git a/tools/create_sdk.py b/tools/create_sdk.py
index 0d72c9d9350..65f585e055f 100755
--- a/tools/create_sdk.py
+++ b/tools/create_sdk.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # ......dartfmt
 # ......dart2js
 # ......dartanalyzer
+# ......dartdevc
 # ......pub
 # ......snapshots/
 # ........analysis_server.dart.snapshot
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 # ........dartanalyzer.dart.snapshot
 # ........dartdoc.dart.snapshot
 # ........dartfmt.dart.snapshot
+# ........dartdevc.dart.snapshot
 # ........pub.dart.snapshot
 # ........utils_wrapper.dart.snapshot
 #.........resources/
@@ -129,14 +131,14 @@ def CopyShellScript(src_file, dest_dir):
 
 def CopyDartScripts(home, sdk_root):
   for executable in ['dart2js_sdk', 'dartanalyzer_sdk', 'dartfmt_sdk',
-                     'pub_sdk', 'dartdoc']:
+                     'pub_sdk', 'dartdoc', 'dartdevc_sdk']:
     CopyShellScript(os.path.join(home, 'sdk', 'bin', executable),
                     os.path.join(sdk_root, 'bin'))
 
 
 def CopySnapshots(snapshots, sdk_root):
   for snapshot in ['analysis_server', 'dart2js', 'dartanalyzer', 'dartfmt',
-                   'utils_wrapper', 'pub', 'dartdoc']:
+                   'utils_wrapper', 'pub', 'dartdoc', 'dartdevc']:
     snapshot += '.dart.snapshot'
     copyfile(join(snapshots, snapshot),
              join(sdk_root, 'bin', 'snapshots', snapshot))
diff --git a/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp b/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60e3f65ef2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+{
+  'targets': [
+    {
+      'target_name': 'dartdevc',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'dependencies': [
+        '../../runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:dart',
+        '../../pkg/pkg.gyp:pkg_packages',
+      ],
+      'actions': [
+        {
+          'action_name': 'generate_dartdevc_snapshot',
+          'inputs': [
+            '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
+            '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
+            '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../third_party/pkg/dev_compiler/bin"])',
+            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
+            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pkg_files.stamp',
+          ],
+          'outputs': [
+            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartdevc.dart.snapshot',
+          ],
+          'action': [
+            '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
+            '--snapshot=<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dartdevc.dart.snapshot',
+            '--package-root=<(PRODUCT_DIR)/packages/',
+            '../../third_party/pkg/dev_compiler/bin/dartdevc.dart'
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+}