diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/const_finder/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/tools/const_finder/BUILD.gn
index 0399e1011f8..4c55d486fe9 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/const_finder/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/const_finder/BUILD.gn
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import("//third_party/dart/utils/application_snapshot.gni")
 application_snapshot("const_finder") {
   main_dart = "bin/main.dart"
   dot_packages = ".dart_tool/package_config.json"
+  dart_snapshot_kind = "kernel"
 
   training_args = [ "--help" ]