diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44276d589f..b82e97829b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "symbol-extractor:update": "node tools/symbol-extractor/run_all_symbols_extractor_tests.js accept",
     "ts-circular-deps:check": "yarn -s ng-dev ts-circular-deps check --config ./packages/circular-deps-test.conf.js",
     "ts-circular-deps:approve": "yarn -s ng-dev ts-circular-deps approve --config ./packages/circular-deps-test.conf.js",
-    "ng-dev": "node dev-infra/ng-dev"
+    "ng-dev": "node dev-infra/ng-dev",
+    "ng-dev:dev": "ts-node --transpile-only -- dev-infra/cli.ts"
   },
   "// 1": "dependencies are used locally and by bazel",
   "dependencies": {