diff --git a/pkg/pkg.status b/pkg/pkg.status
index 83654f5c4cf..fd90c2d9e20 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg.status
+++ b/pkg/pkg.status
@@ -11,14 +11,18 @@
 */*/*/*/packages/*/*: Skip
 */*/*/*/*/packages/*/*: Skip
 
-# Don't run dev_compiler tests
-dev_compiler/test/*: Skip
-
 # Analyzer2dart is not maintained anymore.
 analyzer2dart/test/*: Skip
 
 dart_messages/test/dart_messages_test: Skip  # Requires a package root.
 
+# Skip dev_compiler codegen tests
+dev_compiler/test/codegen/*: Skip
+
+# Analyze dev_compiler but don't run its tests
+[ $compiler != dart2analyzer ]
+dev_compiler/test/*: Skip
+
 [ $compiler == dart2analyzer ]
 dev_compiler/gen/*: SkipByDesign