diff --git a/tools/postinstall-patches.js b/tools/postinstall-patches.js
index 4e22d1ea47dfdf..138353331c024b 100644
--- a/tools/postinstall-patches.js
+++ b/tools/postinstall-patches.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 const {set, cd, sed, echo, ls, rm} = require('shelljs');
-const {readFileSync} = require('fs');
+const {readFileSync, writeFileSync} = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const log = console.info;
 
@@ -172,4 +172,21 @@ rm('-rf', [
 ]);
 
 
+log('\n# patch: dev-infra snapshotting');
+// more info in https://github.com/angular/dev-infra/pull/449
+[
+  'node_modules/@angular/dev-infra-private/ng-dev/bundles/cli.js',
+  'node_modules/@angular/dev-infra-private/ng-dev/bundles/cli.js.map',
+].forEach(filePath => {
+  const contents = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+  const newContents = contents.replace('*[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*', 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*');
+  if (contents !== newContents) {
+    writeFileSync(filePath, newContents, 'utf8');
+    console.log(`Release tag matcher for snapshots replaced in ${filePath}`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Release tag matcher for snapshots were already replaced in ${filePath}`);
+  }
+});
+
+
 log('===== finished running the postinstall-patches.js script =====');