diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/serve/daemon_client.dart b/webdev/lib/src/serve/daemon_client.dart
index 3f996107e..dc56ffc75 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/serve/daemon_client.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/serve/daemon_client.dart
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ import 'package:webdev/src/util.dart';
 Future<BuildDaemonClient> connectClient(
         String workingDirectory, List<String> options) =>
     BuildDaemonClient.connect(
-      workingDirectory,
-      [pubPath, 'run', 'build_runner', 'daemon']..addAll(options),
-    );
+        workingDirectory,
+        // On Windows we need to call the snapshot directly otherwise
+        // the process will start in a disjoint cmd without access to
+        // STDIO.
+        (Platform.isWindows ? [dartPath, pubSnapshot] : ['pub'])
+          ..addAll(['run', 'build_runner', 'daemon'])
+          ..addAll(options));
 
 /// Returns the port of the daemon asset server.
 int daemonPort(String workingDirectory) {
diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/util.dart b/webdev/lib/src/util.dart
index 5171b1cc9..fc5a33b79 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/util.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/util.dart
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ final String _sdkDir = (() {
 })();
 
 final String dartPath = p.join(_sdkDir, 'bin', 'dart');
+final String pubSnapshot =
+    p.join(_sdkDir, 'bin', 'snapshots', 'pub.dart.snapshot');
 final String pubPath =
     p.join(_sdkDir, 'bin', Platform.isWindows ? 'pub.bat' : 'pub');
diff --git a/webdev/test/e2e_test.dart b/webdev/test/e2e_test.dart
index 99afdb089..5ada8a281 100644
--- a/webdev/test/e2e_test.dart
+++ b/webdev/test/e2e_test.dart
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void main() {
 
   group('should serve with valid configuration', () {
     for (var command in ['serve', 'serve2']) {
-      if (command == 'serve2' && Platform.isWindows) return;
       for (var withDDC in [true, false]) {
         var type = withDDC ? 'DDC' : 'dart2js';
         var name = 'using $command with $type';