diff --git a/scripts/ci/build_dart_experimental.sh b/scripts/ci/build_dart_experimental.sh
index 8951987981..d4a1bd9046 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build_dart_experimental.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build_dart_experimental.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,53 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 source $SCRIPT_DIR/env_dart.sh
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../..
 
+# Variables
+DDC_WARNING_CAP="260"
+DDC_DIR=`pwd`/tmp/dev_compiler
+DDC_VERSION="0.1.14"
+
+# Get DDC
+mkdir -p tmp
+rm -rf tmp/dev_compiler
+git clone https://github.com/dart-lang/dev_compiler.git tmp/dev_compiler
+(cd $DDC_DIR && \
+  git checkout tags/$DDC_VERSION && \
+  $PUB get)
+
+# Convert TypeScript to Dart
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp build/packages.dart
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp build/pubspec.dart
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp build/analyze.ddc.dart
+node ./scripts/ci/dart_experimental/pubspec_for_ddc.js \
+    --pubspec-file=dist/dart/playground/pubspec.yaml
+
+# Compile playground
+cd dist/dart/playground
+$PUB build --mode=debug
+cd build/web
+LOG_FILE="analyzer.log"
+set +e
+$DART_SDK/bin/dart $DDC_DIR/bin/dartdevc.dart \
+  --dart-sdk=$DART_SDK_LIB_SEARCH_PATH -o out src/hello_world/index.dart \
+  >$LOG_FILE
+EXIT_CODE=`echo $?`
+set -e
+
+# Analyzer exits with 1 when there are warnings and something crazy
+# like 255 when it crashes. We don't want to fail the build if its
+# only warnings (until our code is warning-free).
+if [[ "$EXIT_CODE" -ne "0" && "$EXIT_CODE" -ne "1" ]]
+then
+  echo "DDC compiler crashed with exit code $EXIT_CODE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cat $LOG_FILE
+WARNING_COUNT=`cat $LOG_FILE | wc -l | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//'`
+
+if [[ "$WARNING_COUNT" -gt "$DDC_WARNING_CAP" ]]
+then
+  echo "Too many warnings: $WARNING_COUNT"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Warning count ok"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/ci/dart_experimental/pubspec_for_ddc.js b/scripts/ci/dart_experimental/pubspec_for_ddc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2475e50006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/dart_experimental/pubspec_for_ddc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Removes dart2js from pubspec.yaml for faster building
+// Usage: node pubspec_for_ddc.js --pubspec-file=PATH_TO_PUBSPEC_YAML
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var yaml = require('js-yaml');
+var yargs = require('yargs');
+
+var pubspecFileOpt = 'pubspec-file';
+var pubspecFile = yargs
+    .demand([pubspecFileOpt])
+    .argv[pubspecFileOpt];
+
+var doc = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(pubspecFile, 'utf8'));
+
+var transformers = doc['transformers'];
+if (transformers) {
+  transformers.forEach(function (transformer) {
+    var dart2js = transformer['\$dart2js'];
+    if (dart2js) {
+      dart2js['$exclude'] = [ 'web/**/*' ];
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+fs.writeFileSync(pubspecFile, yaml.safeDump(doc));
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env_dart.sh b/scripts/ci/env_dart.sh
index 465603ed4d..6eaa0d7fa9 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/env_dart.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/env_dart.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ if [[ -z $ENV_SET ]]; then
     fi
   fi
 
+  case "$PLATFORM" in
+    (Linux) export DART_SDK_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="$DART_SDK" ;;
+    (Darwin) export DART_SDK_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="$DART_SDK/libexec" ;;
+    (*) echo Unsupported platform $PLATFORM.  Exiting ... >&2 ; exit 3 ;;
+  esac
+
   export DART_SDK
   export DARTSDK
   export DART
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ if [[ -z $ENV_SET ]]; then
   echo '** ENV **'
   echo '*********'
   echo DART_SDK=$DART_SDK
+  echo DART_SDK_LIB_SEARCH_PATH=$DART_SDK_LIB_SEARCH_PATH
   echo DART=$DART
   echo PUB=$PUB
   echo DARTANALYZER=$DARTANALYZER