diff --git a/runtime/observatory/BUILD.gn b/runtime/observatory/BUILD.gn
index 599a35f3eda..89b4836ffaf 100644
--- a/runtime/observatory/BUILD.gn
+++ b/runtime/observatory/BUILD.gn
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ prebuilt_dart2js_action("build_observatory") {
   outputs = [
     output,
   ]
+  if (is_debug) {
+    outputs += [ "$target_gen_dir/observatory/web/main.dart.js.map" ]
+  }
 
   version_string = exec_script("../../tools/make_version.py",
                                [
@@ -60,7 +63,6 @@ observatory_ignore_patterns = [
   "*.concat.js",
   "*.dart",
   "*.log",
-  "*.map",
   "*.precompiled.js",
   "*.scriptUrls",
   "*_buildLogs*",
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ observatory_ignore_patterns = [
   "webcomponents.*",
 ]
 
+if (!is_debug) {
+  observatory_ignore_patterns += [ "*.map" ]
+}
+
 # The ignore_patterns entry in the scopes accepted by copy_trees() is a
 # string of comma delimited patterns.
 observatory_ignore_string = "\$sdk"
@@ -157,8 +163,11 @@ copy("copy_main_dart_js") {
   sources = [
     "$target_gen_dir/observatory/web/main.dart.js",
   ]
+  if (is_debug) {
+    sources += [ "$target_gen_dir/observatory/web/main.dart.js.map" ]
+  }
   outputs = [
-    "$target_out_dir/observatory/deployed/web/main.dart.js",
+    "$target_out_dir/observatory/deployed/web/{{source_file_part}}",
   ]
 }